Hawaiʻi’s Unemployment Rate at 2.8% in July
Posted on Aug 15, 2019 in News
State of Hawaii Seal
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR
SCOTT T. MURAKAMI
DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 15, 2019
HAWAIʻI’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT
2.8 PERCENT IN JULY
Jobs Increase by 4,300 Over-the-Year
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 2.8 percent, the same for the fifth consecutive month. Statewide, 644,550 were employed and 18,350 unemployed in July for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 662,900. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in July, the same as in June.
