KAUA‘I AND HAWAI‘I BY THE NUMBERS Blame it on the rain. According to officials with the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service, since Jan. 1, the three Kaua‘i rain-measurement stations have recorded the following amounts of rainfall through July 31: Anahola 28.4
KAUA‘I AND HAWAI‘I BY THE NUMBERS
- Blame it on the rain. According to officials with the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service, since Jan. 1, the three Kaua‘i rain-measurement stations have recorded the following amounts of rainfall through July 31: Anahola 28.4 inches; Hanalei, 57.5 inches, and ‘Oma‘o, 19.08 inches.
According to research statistician June Okemura, the totals for the same stations from Jan. 1, 2004 to Aug. 1, 2004, were, 26.39 inches, 63.2 inches respectively and 41.37 inches, respectively.
- Who new? According to May 2004 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics and wages, laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Hawai‘i earned both the highest annual mean wage, or average wage, as well as the highest median wage, or the middle amount in the total wage spectrum. The annual mean wage for these workers was $22,810, while the annual median wage was $23,060.
Hawai‘i was also at the top of wage scales for hotel, motel and desk clerks. The annual median wage for these 1,860 statewide employees was $31,470, 0r almost $6,000 more than the second-place finisher, the District of Columbia.
