Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate Remains at 2.7% in April

Posted on Aug 16, 2017 in News

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 18, 2017

HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS AT 2.7 PERCENT IN APRIL

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April was 2.7 percent, the same as in March. Statewide, 679,150 were employed and 18,850 unemployed in April for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 698,000. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in April, compared to 4.5 percent in March.

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