Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate at 3.5% in July

Posted on Aug 19, 2016 in News

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 2016

HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 3.5 PERCENT IN JULY
Non-Agricultural Jobs up 14,100 over-the-year

 HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 3.5 percent, up from the revised rate of 3.4 percent in June. Statewide, 660,650 were employed and 23,650 unemployed in July for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 684,300. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in July, the same as in June.

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