Jobs Increase 5,400 in November over October
HONOLULU — the Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 4.0 percent, down from 4.1 percent in October. Statewide, 642,850 were employed and 27,000 unemployed in November for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 669,850. The labor force has grown by 17,000 during the past year. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8 percent in November.
