HAWAII SEPTEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 2.5 PERCENT  

Jobs Increased by 9,500 Year Over Year

News Release from DBEDT, December 10, 2025

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 2.5 percent, compared to 2.7 percent in August. In September, 669,850 persons were employed and 17,200 were unemployed, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 687,000 statewide. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in September, up from 4.3 percent in August.

The unemployment rate figures for the state of Hawaii and the U.S. in this release are seasonally adjusted in accordance with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) methodology. The not-seasonally adjusted rate for the state was 2.3 percent in September, compared to 2.6 percent in August.  …

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