HAWAII'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 6.6 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER

Jobs increased by 65,600 over-the-year

News Release from DBEDT, Oct 21, 2021

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 6.6 percent compared to 7.0 percent in August.

Statewide, 603,850 were employed and 43,000 unemployed in September for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 646,850.

Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in September, down from 5.2 percent in August….

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