{"id":951158,"date":"2026-07-22T04:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/951158\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T04:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:59:37","slug":"maui-county-unemployment-rises-to-3-2-in-june-as-statewide-job-losses-continue-maui-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/951158\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui County unemployment rises to 3.2% in June as statewide job losses continue : Maui Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\"\"June 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<\/strong><\/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<\/strong><\/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<\/strong><\/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":3,"featured_media":951159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[12],"tags":[64,9886,49919,79,382897,21647,135378,47368,382898,3421,2180,165037,368415,89001,382899,165038,766,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-951158","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","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116961869207213482","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}