Honolulu’s average wage package is $60,428

The average compensation for workers in Honolulu was $60,428 in 2010, a 2.8 percent increase from 2009, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The compensation, which includes salary and employer contributions for private pensions and Social Security and workers’ comp, was the 82nd highest among the nation’s 170 largest counties, the BEA reported Wednesday. That was up from 84th highest in 2009.

Compensation for all workers in Honolulu totaled $30.15 billion in 2010, up from $29.45 billion in 2009.

Kukui’ula tapped as best new golf course

The Golf Club at Kukui’ula has been named Best New Private Course of the Year by editors of Golf magazine in the issue just hitting newsstands. The 7,000-yard, 18-hole course designed by famed golfer Tom Weiskopf is a central feature of Kauai’s Kukui’ula development, part of A&B Properties’ portfolio. "The 320-yard 14th (hole) is the most dramatic hole to debut in the U.S. this year," the magazine says, but it adds, "The hardest thing about the course is pronouncing the name."

ON THE MOVE

First Insurance Co. of Hawaii has appointed new officers: Harry Haruyama, vice president; Tokio Marine,corporate liaison; Todd Takayama, assistant vice president, commercial underwriting; and Stephanie Tokuhama, assistant vice president, corporate underwriting.

The state Department of Human Services has appointed Catherine A. Betts as executive director of the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Woman. She is a former deputy attorney general with the state Family Law Division.

YMCA of Honolulu has appointed the following to its board of directors: Ronald R. Cox, Craig Chong, Robert K. Iopa, Thomas Risse, Keith Sakamoto, David Striph, L. Candy Suiso, Lynette Lo Tom and Rebecca "Becki" Ward.