Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kahului fell 0.2 percentage points in January 2023 to 3.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Hawaii rate. The unemployment rate in Kahului peaked in April 2020 at 33.0% and is now 29.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Kahului unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | January 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 3.4% | -0.1 | -0.6 |
| Hawaii | 3.6% | -0.1 | +0.4 |
| Kahului | 3.8% | -0.2 | -1.8 |
Unemployment Rate: Kahului, Hawaii, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Kahului, Hawaii Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Kahului peaked in April 2020 at 28,338. There are now 25,040 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.
| Unemployed Persons | January 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahului | 3,298 | -182 | -1,691 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Kahului, Hawaii Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Hawaii Unemployment Rate |
Kahului Unemployment Rate |
Kahului Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 |
3.6% | — | — | — |
| January 2023 |
3.4% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3,298 |
| December 2022 |
3.5% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3,480 |
| November 2022 |
3.6% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3,473 |
| October 2022 |
3.7% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3,457 |
| September 2022 |
3.5% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3,515 |
| August 2022 |
3.7% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 3,662 |
| July 2022 |
3.5% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 3,761 |
| June 2022 |
3.6% | 3.4% | 4.4% | 3,859 |
| May 2022 |
3.6% | 3.4% | 4.6% | 3,994 |
| April 2022 |
3.6% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 4,167 |
| March 2022 |
3.6% | 3.3% | 5.0% | 4,399 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩
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