Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.3% in October

Posted on Dec 7, 2015 in News

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.

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