Monthly Economic Indicators are provided as a public service by the Maui County's Mayor's Office of Economic Development and in partnership with the Hawaii Business Research Library.
Publish date 03/12/2018
Unemployment Rate Monthly Trend by Island % Unempployment Rate Not Seasonnaly Adjusted
12.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
Molokai
Jan-17 4.0
Feb-17 4.5
Mar-17 5.4
Apr-17 5.8
May-17 6.7
Jun-17 11.2
Jul-17 9.2
Aug-17 7.6
Sep-17 6.7
Oct-17 5.1
Nov-17 5.2
Dec-17 4.0
Jan-18 3.6
2,550
2,350
2,400
2,400
2,400
2,350
2,450
2,450
2,400
2,350
2,350
2,350
2,650
3.4
3.3
3.1
3.2
3.3
4.0
3.3
2.8
2.8
2.3
2.4
2.0
2.3
91,150
91,900
91,950
91,850
92,350
91,350
90,300
89,750
88,600
87,950
87,250
90,100
Labor force Hawaii Island
Labor force 91,200 Kauai
3.1
Labor force 35,900 Maui Island
3.3
Labor force 83,150 Oahu
2.8
3.0
2.8
3.0
3.0
3.2
2.4
2.3
2.3
1.8
2.0
1.7
2.0
35,700
35,850
35,900
35,950
36,550
36,250
35,850
35,200
34,950
34,750
34,600
36,100
3.0
2.8
3.0
2.9
3.2
2.4
2.3
2.4
1.9
2.0
1.7
2.0
82,700
83,350
83,400
83,150
84,400
84,350
83,450
81,600
81,300
80,750
80,500
82,000
2.6
2.4
2.4
2.6
3.1
2.3
2.3
2.3
1.8
1.9
1.7
2.0
Labor force 481,800 480,500 481,900 481,100 477,250 477,600 478,650 473,450 473,900 473,050 476,250 474,050 472,450 Lanai Labor force
3.3
5.1
3.7
3.3
3.4
6.2
6.0
3.1
4.3
2.4
1.6
1.2
3.1
1,550
1,550
1,550
1,550
1,550
1,600
1,650
1,650
1,550
1,500
1,500
1,650
1,650
Unemployment Rate Annual Trend by Island 9.0
% Unemployment Rate Not Seasonnaly Adjusted
8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 Jan‐15 8.4
Jan‐16 5.8
Jan‐17 3.8
Jan‐18 3.6
Hawaii Island
4.9
3.7
3.3
2.3
Kauai
4.5
3.5
3.0
2.0
Maui Island
4.1
3.2
3.1
2.0
Oahu
3.9
2.9
2.7
2.0
Lanai
3.6
2.7
3.1
3.1
Molokai
Source: Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations; Hawaii Department of Taxation; Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; county building departments; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Honolulu Board of Realtors, Hawaii Information Service; Title Guaranty of Hawaii and Realtors® Association of Maui, Inc.; American Auto Association; gas stations on Kauai, Molokai & Lanai. Final tables compiled by Statistics & Data Support Branch, READ, DBEDT. Charts compiled by Hawaii Business Research Library.
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