Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kahului fell 0.1 percentage points in July 2019 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Hawaii rate. The unemployment rate in Kahului peaked in August 2009 at 9.5% and is now 6.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.3% in October 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Kahului unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.2
Hawaii	2.8%	0.0	+0.3
Kahului	2.7%	-0.1	+0.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2019 data as August metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Kahului, Hawaii, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Kahului, Hawaii Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Kahului peaked in August 2009 at 7,183. There are now 4,881 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,979 in December 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 323.

Unemployed Persons	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kahului	2,302	-68	+187

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kahului, Hawaii Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Hawaii Unemployment Rate	Kahului Unemployment Rate	Kahului Unemployed
September 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	2.7%	—	—
July 2019	3.7%	2.8%	2.7%	2,302
June 2019	3.7%	2.8%	2.8%	2,370
May 2019	3.6%	2.8%	2.8%	2,414
April 2019	3.6%	2.8%	2.9%	2,436
March 2019	3.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2,404
February 2019	3.8%	2.7%	2.7%	2,357
January 2019	4.0%	2.7%	2.7%	2,287
December 2018	3.9%	2.6%	2.6%	2,222
November 2018	3.7%	2.6%	2.6%	2,227
October 2018	3.8%	2.6%	2.6%	2,225