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.
Release date 09/28/2018
Unemployment Rate % Unempployment Rate Not Seasonnaly Adjusted
Monthly Trend by Island 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
Molokai
Aug-17 6.7
Sep-17 6.7
Oct-17 5.1
Nov-17 5.2
Dec-17 4.0
Jan-18 3.6
Feb-18 3.8
Mar-18 3.8
Apr-18 4.8
May-18 5.1
Jun-18 7.5
Jul-18 6.0
Aug-18 5.8
2,450
2,400
2,350
2,350
2,350
2,650
2,750
2,550
2,600
2,600
2,650
2,800
2,800
2.8
2.8
2.3
2.4
2.0
2.3
2.1
2.3
2.2
2.3
3.4
3.0
2.7
89,750
88,600
87,950
87,250
90,100
89,800
90,750
91,350
91,600
92,300
92,750
91,100
2.3
1.8
2.0
1.7
2.0
1.7
1.8
1.8
2.1
2.9
2.3
2.3
35,200
34,950
34,750
34,600
36,100
35,450
35,950
36,100
36,300
36,950
37,450
36,950
2.4
1.9
2.0
1.7
2.0
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
2.6
2.0
1.9
81,600
81,300
80,750
80,500
82,000
81,400
82,150
82,400
82,450
83,450
84,400
83,400
2.3
1.8
1.9
1.7
2.0
1.8
1.9
1.9
1.9
2.6
2.0
2.1
Labor force Hawaii Island
Labor force 90,300 Kauai
2.3
Labor force 35,850 Maui Island
2.3
Labor force 83,450 Oahu
2.3
Labor force 473,450 473,900 473,050 476,250 474,050 472,450 473,150 475,150 474,600 472,100 473,550 470,950 467,950 Lanai Labor force
3.1
4.3
2.4
1.6
1.2
3.1
2.1
2.7
2.1
1.6
2.5
1.0
2.1
1,650
1,550
1,500
1,500
1,650
1,650
1,600
1,550
1,550
1,600
1,700
1,650
1,650
% Unemployment Rate Not Seasonnaly Adjusted
Unemployment Rate Annual Trend by Island
10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 Aug‐15 10.0
Aug‐16 7.2
Aug‐17 6.7
Aug‐18 5.8
Hawaii Island
4.3
3.6
2.8
2.7
Kauai
3.9
3.0
2.3
2.3
Maui Island
3.3
2.8
2.3
1.9
Oahu
3.2
2.7
2.3
2.1
Lanai
3.1
5.4
3.1
2.1
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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