Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate at 2.5% in September
Posted on Oct 23, 2017 in News
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR
LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 19, 2017
HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 2.5 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER
Jobs Increase by 8,100 Over the Year
HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 2.5 percent, compared to 2.6 percent for August. Statewide, 671,800 were employed and 16,950 unemployed in September for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 688,750 Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in September, compared to 4.4 percent in August.
