DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR
LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 17, 2015
HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 3.2 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER
State’s Lowest Rate Since January 2008
HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 3.2 percent, down from 3.3 percent in October. The last time the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 3.2 percent was in January 2008. Statewide, 657,800 were employed and 22,100 unemployed in November for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 679,900. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.0 percent in November, the same as in October.
