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June unemployment figures. Source: Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism<\/p>\n\nJune unemployment figures. Source: Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism<\/p>\n
Maui County\u2019s unemployment rate rose to 3.2% in June, up from 2.5% in May, according to not-seasonally adjusted figures released Monday by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.<\/p>\n
The June rate was also slightly higher than the 3.1% recorded in Maui County a year earlier, in June 2025.<\/p>\n
On Maui Island, unemployment climbed to 3.2% in June from 2.5% in May, but remained close to the 3% mark set in June 2025.<\/p>\n
Moloka\u2019i saw the sharpest swing in the county, with unemployment more than doubling to 4% in June from 1.9% in May. That was still a marked improvement from June 2025, when Moloka\u2019i\u2019s jobless rate stood at 5.6%.<\/p>\n
L\u0101na\u2019i\u2019s unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6% in June from 3.3% in May, matching the 3.6% rate recorded on the island in June 2025.<\/p>\n
Statewide and national trends<\/p>\n
Statewide, Hawai\u2019i\u2019s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.6% in June, up from 2.5% in May and 2.3% in June 2025. The department reported 672,500 people employed and 17,900 unemployed statewide in June, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 690,450.<\/p>\n
The not-seasonally adjusted statewide rate was 3.2% in June, compared with 2.5% in May and 2.8% a year earlier.<\/p>\n
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.2% in June, down slightly from 4.3% in May but up from 4.1% in June 2025.<\/p>\n
Other counties<\/p>\n
Honolulu\u2019s not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.1% in June, up from 2.4% in May and 2.7% in June 2025.<\/p>\n
Hawai\u2019i County posted the state\u2019s highest county rate at 4% in June, up from 3% in May and 3.3% a year earlier.<\/p>\n
Kaua\u2019i\u2019s unemployment rate was 2.8% in June, up from 2.1% in May and 2.5% in June 2025.<\/p>\n
Job gains and losses by industry<\/p>\n
Even as unemployment rates rose across the islands in June, the state\u2019s total nonagricultural payroll count fell by 2,700 jobs from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis, the department reported.<\/p>\n
Private Education & Health Services added 800 jobs in June, with all of the growth concentrated in health services. Construction added 300 jobs. Financial Activities employment held steady.<\/p>\n
Job losses were reported in several sectors: Leisure & Hospitality lost 1,800 jobs, with most of the decline in food services and drinking places; Trade, Transportation & Utilities and Professional & Business Services each lost 500 jobs; Other Services lost 400 jobs; and Manufacturing and Information each lost 100 jobs. Government employment fell by 400 jobs.<\/p>\n
Despite the monthly dip, statewide nonfarm jobs were up 3,300, or 0.5%, compared with June 2025, the department said.<\/p>\n
The Kahului-Wailuku metropolitan statistical area, which covers Maui, reported 75,200 total nonfarm jobs in June, up from 75,100 in May and 73,900 in June 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June unemployment figures. Source: Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Maui County\u2019s unemployment rate rose to 3.2%…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,12514,16311,101,331169,5379,108715,12851,331170,90309,50153,136268,318775,60609,331171,30388,145],"class_list":["post-776822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-construction","tag-dbedt","tag-economy","tag-government-employment","tag-hawaii-county","tag-hawaii-economy","tag-honolulu","tag-kahului-wailuku","tag-kauai","tag-labor-force","tag-lanai","tag-leisure-and-hospitality","tag-maui-county","tag-maui-island","tag-molokai","tag-unemployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}