DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR
LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2015
HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 3.3 PERCENT IN OCTOBER
State’s Lowest Rate Since February 2008
HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 3.3 percent, down from 3.4 percent in September. The last time the seasonally adjust unemployment rate was at 3.3 percent was in February 2008. Statewide, 654,700 were employed and 22,500 unemployed in October for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 677,200. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.0 percent in October, down from 5.1 percent in September.
