Hawaii jobless rate hits 3.2% in falling for sixth straight month
Hawaii’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell again for the sixth straight month and dipped to 3.2 percent in November to match its lowest level in nearly eight years.
The last time the rate was this low was in January 2008, according to data released today by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Total nonfarm jobs last month rose by 1,000 to 638,800 from 637,800 in October.
The U.S. rate, which was announced earlier this month, was 5.0 percent.
Over the past six months, the state jobless rate gradually has dropped from 4.1 percent in May. It was 4.0 percent in June, 3.7 percent in July, 3.5 percent in August, 3.4 percent in September, 3.3 percent in October and now 3.2 percent in November.
Hawaii’s lowest unemployment rate ever was 2.3 percent in October, November and December 2006.
The labor force, which includes people who are employed and people who are unemployed but actively seeking work, jumped by 2,500 last month to a record 679,900 from the previous high of 677,400 in October.
There were 657,800 people employed last month, a record, versus the previous record of 654,850 reached in October, while those unemployed declined to 22,100 from 22,600 over the same period.
8 responses to “Hawaii jobless rate hits 3.2% in falling for sixth straight month”
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More people employed to provide for Obama’s security.
I suppose that for some people, a silly comment is better than no comment at all. But sometimes, silence really is golden.
The so called ‘jobless rate’ does not include those who have given up (or never bothered)looking for work. And since one can do nothing and collect up to sixty grand in bennies, what is the incentive to work?
Just another example of tap dancing an d cooking the books.
You just called out O’s liberal new math
Bush doubled unemployment, and Obama cut it in half. I like the liberal math better than the conservative math.
The jobless rate cited in the article is the U-3 rate. The rate that includes discouraged workers who have dropped out of the workforce is the U-4, which for the year ending with the 4th quarter of 2015 was 0.4% higher than the U-3. The current maximum unemployment benefit rate is $551/week with a maximum benefit period of 26 weeks. I’ll do the math for you; it comes to $14,326 in a calendar year. I think you’re the one cooking the books.
Dude, it’s Thos.
Did you expect anything even remotely resembling facts? Not going to happen.
Remember, he’s blaming Obama for the baby boomers getting old and retiring. Thos is completely unhinged.
Not sure where you went to school (if you ever did), but when did $14,326 = $60,000?
And when are you going to demand that Congress make it illegal for baby boomers to retire? After all, they account for 80% of the reduction in labor force participation.
NO RETIREMENT FOR YOU!
Also, you should start a petition to demand that Obama release his magical powers preventing people from aging since you repeatedly blame him for the baby boomers getting old and retiring.
Thing is, Thos, I’m merely making fun of your no information partisan vomit positions. You originate them.