Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kahului fell 1.3 percentage points in May 2020 to 33.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 10.0 percentage points higher than the Hawaii rate. The unemployment rate in Kahului peaked in April 2020 at 34.8% and is now 1.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Kahului unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Hawaii	23.5%	-0.3	+20.8
Kahului	33.5%	-1.3	+30.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June 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 April 2020 at 30,862. There are now 2,325 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kahului	28,537	-2,325	+26,273

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kahului, Hawaii Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Hawaii Unemployment Rate	Kahului Unemployment Rate	Kahului Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	13.9%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	23.5%	33.5%	28,537
April 2020	14.7%	23.8%	34.8%	30,862
March 2020	4.4%	2.4%	2.1%	1,843
February 2020	3.5%	2.7%	2.6%	2,298
January 2020	3.6%	2.7%	2.6%	2,269
December 2019	3.5%	2.7%	2.5%	2,210
November 2019	3.5%	2.6%	2.6%	2,219
October 2019	3.6%	2.7%	2.6%	2,228
September 2019	3.5%	2.7%	2.6%	2,235
August 2019	3.7%	2.7%	2.6%	2,239
July 2019	3.7%	2.7%	2.6%	2,239