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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
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Kahului, Hawaii, National

Kahului, Hawaii monthly unemployment rate chart

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.