Research & Economic Analysis

3rd Quarter 2025 Report

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Hawai‘i’s labor market conditions were positive in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024. The civilian labor force and civilian employment increased. Civilian unemployment and the unemployment rate decreased. Civilian non-agricultural wage and salary jobs increased in both the private and government sectors compared to the first quarter of 2024.

In the second quarter of 2025, the civilian labor force averaged 687,600 people, an increase of 8,950 people or 1.3 percent from the same quarter of 2024 (Table A-1). In the first half of 2025, the civilian labor force increased 10,150 people or 1.5 percent from the same period of the previous year.

Civilian employment averaged 668,500 people in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 9,350 people or 1.4 percent compared to the same quarter of 2024 (Table A-2). In the first half of 2025, average civilian employment increased 10,700 people or 1.6 percent from the same period of the previous year.

In the second quarter of 2025, the number of civilian unemployed averaged 19,100, a decrease of 350 people or 1.8 percent from the same quarter of 2024 (Table A-3). In the first half of 2025, the number of unemployed decreased 550 people or 2.9 percent from the same period of the previous year.

The unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) was 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the second quarter of 2024 (Table A-4). In the first half of 2025, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage points from 2.8 percent in the first half of 2024 to 2.7 percent.

In the second quarter of 2025, Hawai‘i’s non-agricultural wage and salary jobs averaged 652,200 jobs, an increase of 14,800 jobs or 2.3 percent from the same quarter of 2024 (Table A-6). In the first half of 2025, average non-agricultural wage and salary jobs increased 2.1 percent or 13,200 jobs from the same period of the previous year.

The increase in jobs in the second quarter of 2025 was due to job increases in both the government and private sectors. The private sector added about 13,400 non-agricultural jobs compared to second quarter of 2024. Most private sector industries added jobs in the quarter. The number of jobs increased the most in Health Care and Social Assistance, which gained 3,500 jobs or 4.6 percent (Table A-16); followed by Food Services and Drinking Places, which added 3,400 jobs or 5.1 percent (Table A-19); Accommodations, which gained 1,300 jobs or 3.3 percent (Table A-18); Construction, which gained 1,200 jobs or 3.1 percent (Table A-7); and Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, which added 1,100 jobs or 8.1 percent in the quarter (Table A-17).

The Government sector gained 1,400 jobs or 1.1 percent (Table A-21) in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024. The Federal Government lost 1,200 jobs or 3.4 percent (Table A-22), the State Government added 2,200 jobs or 3.0 percent (Table A-23), and the Local Government added 400 jobs or 2.1 percent (Table A-24), compared to the second quarter of 2024.