Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kahului fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2018 to 2.0%. 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 May 2009 at 9.4% and is now 7.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.0% in October 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Kahului unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
Hawaii	2.1%	0.0	-0.6
Kahului	2.0%	-0.1	-1.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March 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 7,179. There are now 5,438 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,740 in October 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kahului	1,741	-28	-1,021

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kahului, Hawaii Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Hawaii Unemployment Rate	Kahului Unemployment Rate	Kahului Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	2.1%	2.0%	1,741
January 2018	4.1%	2.1%	2.1%	1,769
December 2017	4.1%	2.1%	2.1%	1,758
November 2017	4.1%	2.1%	2.0%	1,745
October 2017	4.1%	2.1%	2.0%	1,740
September 2017	4.2%	2.2%	2.4%	2,026
August 2017	4.4%	2.2%	2.6%	2,217
July 2017	4.3%	2.3%	2.7%	2,373
June 2017	4.3%	2.4%	3.1%	2,682
May 2017	4.3%	2.4%	3.2%	2,785
April 2017	4.4%	2.5%	3.1%	2,735