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Urban Honolulu, Hawaii Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Urban Honolulu fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Hawaii rate. The unemployment rate in Urban Honolulu peaked in April 2020 at 19.3% and is now 16.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.6% in September 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Urban Honolulu unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Hawaii 2.9% 0.0 -0.8
Urban Honolulu 2.6% 0.0 -1.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Urban Honolulu, Hawaii, National

Urban Honolulu, Hawaii monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Urban Honolulu, Hawaii Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Urban Honolulu peaked in April 2020 at 83,951. There are now 72,275 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Urban Honolulu employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Urban Honolulu, Hawaii) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Urban Honolulu 11,676 -178 -5,577

Number of Unemployed Persons

Urban Honolulu, Hawaii Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Hawaii
Unemployment Rate		 Urban Honolulu
Unemployment Rate		 Urban Honolulu
Unemployed
December
2023		 3.7% — — —
November
2023		 3.7% 2.9% 2.6% 11,676
October
2023		 3.8% 2.9% 2.6% 11,854
September
2023		 3.8% 2.8% 2.6% 12,093
August
2023		 3.8% 2.8% 2.7% 12,488
July
2023		 3.5% 2.8% 2.7% 12,569
June
2023		 3.6% 3.0% 2.9% 13,089
May
2023		 3.7% 3.1% 3.0% 13,680
April
2023		 3.4% 3.3% 3.2% 14,455
March
2023		 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 15,274
February
2023		 3.6% 3.6% 3.5% 15,949
January
2023		 3.4% 3.6% 3.6% 16,487

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. ↩

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