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Hawaii: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Hawaii from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20262.8%#5 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20252.4%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 2025687.9K+0.8% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025671.7K16,209 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	2.4%	687,912	671,703	16,209
2024	2.8%	682,524	663,668	18,856
2023	2.9%	680,464	661,044	19,420
2022	3.2%	676,000	654,048	21,952
2021	6.0%	672,563	632,437	40,126
2020	11.6%	666,109	588,617	77,492
2019	2.5%	688,531	671,166	17,365
2018	2.4%	693,429	676,788	16,641
2017	2.2%	696,681	681,157	15,524
2016	2.9%	694,182	674,043	20,139
2015	3.4%	683,119	659,781	23,338
2014	4.2%	675,761	647,210	28,551
2013	4.7%	660,494	629,251	31,243
2012	5.8%	657,904	619,739	38,165
2011	6.7%	667,209	622,433	44,776
2010	6.7%	660,816	616,411	44,405
2009	6.5%	658,601	615,748	42,853
2008	4.1%	665,110	638,047	27,063
2007	2.8%	657,904	639,765	18,139
2006	2.5%	653,666	637,094	16,572
2005	2.8%	641,769	623,582	18,187
2004	3.3%	625,131	604,448	20,683
2003	3.9%	614,917	591,002	23,915
2002	4.0%	609,540	584,865	24,675
2001	4.3%	612,596	586,406	26,190
2000	4.2%	605,906	580,253	25,653
1999	5.2%	602,712	571,544	31,168
1998	5.8%	600,584	565,769	34,815
1997	5.9%	599,156	563,562	35,594
1996	5.9%	592,130	557,173	34,957
1995	5.5%	584,361	552,232	32,129
1994	5.2%	582,708	552,689	30,019
1993	4.4%	581,443	556,005	25,438
1992	4.1%	575,374	551,673	23,701
1991	2.8%	563,027	547,423	15,604
1990	2.6%	548,026	533,665	14,361
1989	2.5%	529,465	516,381	13,084
1988	3.1%	518,862	503,003	15,859
1987	3.7%	510,895	492,045	18,850
1986	4.6%	493,692	470,768	22,924
1985	5.3%	481,567	456,279	25,288
1984	5.4%	474,645	448,956	25,689
1983	5.9%	470,590	442,775	27,815
1982	6.1%	459,169	431,034	28,135
1981	5.2%	449,922	426,625	23,297
1980	4.9%	440,106	418,355	21,751
1979	5.7%	428,331	403,984	24,347
1978	7.0%	421,691	392,269	29,422
1977	7.5%	417,073	385,647	31,426
1976	9.2%	409,851	372,252	37,599

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.