Hawaii Jobless Rate Dips To 5.1 Percent

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From a press release Friday (April 19):

The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March declined to 5.1 percent, from 5.2 percent in February. Statewide, there were 614,100 employed and 33,300 unemployed in March, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 647,400.

Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.6 percent in March, compared to 7.7 percent in February.  

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—Chad Blair

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