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In 2025, union members accounted for an estimated 24.8 percent of wage and salary workers in Hawaii, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6, was 5.7 percent in Hawaii state, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the nation.
Hawaii had 21,000 job openings in December 2025, unchanged from November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
| Data Series | Back Data |
July 2025 |
Aug 2025 |
Sept 2025 |
Oct 2025 |
Nov 2025 |
Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
688.6 | 687.2 | 687.0 | (2)- | 687.9 | (p)689.2 | |
Employment(1) |
669.7 | 669.0 | 669.8 | (2)- | 672.6 | (p)674.1 | |
Unemployment(1) |
18.8 | 18.2 | 17.2 | (2)- | 15.3 | (p)15.2 | |
Unemployment Rate(3) |
2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | (2)- | 2.2 | (p)2.2 | |
Total Nonfarm(4) |
650.8 | 651.9 | 651.9 | 653.2 | 653.3 | (p)653.2 | |
12-month % change |
2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | (p)1.1 | |
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4) |
40.6 | 40.9 | 41.0 | 41.4 | 42.1 | (p)42.3 | |
12-month % change |
3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 8.2 | (p)8.7 | |
Manufacturing(4) |
13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.1 | (p)13.0 | |
12-month % change |
2.3 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | (p)0.8 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4) |
118.3 | 118.2 | 118.1 | 117.8 | 117.7 | (p)118.1 | |
12-month % change |
1.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | (p)0.8 | |
Information(4) |
8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | (p)8.1 | |
12-month % change |
7.8 | 1.3 | -8.0 | -2.4 | 0.0 | (p)-2.4 | |
Financial Activities(4) |
27.7 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 27.9 | (p)27.8 | |
12-month % change |
1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | (p)1.1 | |
Professional & Business Services(4) |
71.1 | 71.3 | 70.4 | 71.2 | 71.4 | (p)71.6 | |
12-month % change |
-1.4 | -1.5 | -2.9 | -1.2 | -1.4 | (p)-1.1 | |
Education & Health Services(4) |
94.0 | 94.8 | 94.7 | 94.9 | 95.0 | (p)94.9 | |
12-month % change |
4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 | (p)3.5 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(4) |
124.6 | 124.7 | 125.9 | 127.4 | 126.2 | (p)126.2 | |
12-month % change |
4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 4.0 | (p)3.0 | |
Other Services(4) |
27.1 | 27.2 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 27.3 | (p)27.4 | |
12-month % change |
1.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | (p)-0.7 | |
Government(4) |
126.0 | 126.1 | 125.5 | 123.9 | 124.5 | (p)123.8 | |
12-month % change |
0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | -2.2 | -1.9 | (p)-2.4 | |
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