The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations Thursday announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 2.5 percent compared to 2.4 percent in November.
The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations Thursday announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 2.5 percent compared to 2.4 percent in November.
Statewide, 666,500 were employed and 16,900 unemployed in December for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 683,400. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.9 percent in December, compared to 3.7 percent in November.
Kauai’s jobless rate fell to 2.3 percent in December, from 2.7 in November, but up from 1.7 percent in December 2017.
