HONOLULU — The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations Thursday announced that the unemployment rate for October was 2.3 percent compared to 2.2 percent in September.
HONOLULU — The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations Thursday announced that the unemployment rate for October was 2.3 percent compared to 2.2 percent in September.
Statewide, 670,400 were employed and 15,750 unemployed in October. Nationally, the unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in October, the same as in September.
Kauai’s jobless rate for October was 2.7 percent, down from 2.9 percent in September, but up from 1.9 percent in Oct. 2017.