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The state of Hawaiʻi Department of Human Resources Development will host a recruitment event on Thursday, July 10, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Maui State Office Building in Wailuku.

57% of Maui Now survey respondents are very concerned about inflation, 36% are somewhat concerned, 5% are not very concerned and 2% are not at all concerned.

Maui Now is conducting a survey focused on understanding the opinions and attitudes of its readers about inflation, employment, real estate, and coronavirus.

McDonald’s Restaurants of Hawaiʻi is hosting a statewide “Drive-Up Hiring Day” to meet hiring demands and expedite the job interview process from 10 a.m. to the late afternoon on Saturday, June 19 (end times vary by restaurant).

The unemployment rate for the island of Maui was 2.5% in May, according to the Hawaiʻi Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) recently announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 2.2 percent. According to the DLIR, the unemployment rate for Maui County was 2.5 percent, compared to 2.1 percent in August. The unemployment rate for the island of Maui was 2.3 percent, 6.8 percent […]

The unemployment rate on Maui Island was at 1.9% in August, down from the 2.1% rate in July and down from the 2.1% rate reported at the same time last year.

The unemployment rate on Maui Island was at 2.6% in June, up from the 1.9% rate in May and down from the 2.8% rate reported at the same time last year.

The unemployment rate on Maui Island was at 1.9% in May, unchanged from the rate in April and down from the 2.5% reported at the same time last year. 

DLIR Director: “The 2.0 percent unemployment rate is the new historical lowest unemployment rate on record dating back to 1976, under current methodology.”

Here on Maui, the unemployment rate was even lower with Maui Island reporting a 1.9% unemployment rate for October, down from the 2.4% rate in September and the 2.9% reported at the same time last year.

Maui County’s 3% unemployment rate for April was up slightly from the 2.9% reported a month earlier, and down slightly from the 3.1% reported in April of 2016.

On Maui Island, the rate was 3.3%, up from the 2.6% reported the month before; on Molokaʻi unemployment was 4.0%, down from the 5.3% reported in December

On Maui Island, the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was 2.6%; on Molokaʻi unemployment was 5.4%; and on Lānaʻi, the rate was 1.9%.

The Island of Maui in Maui County recorded a 2.9% unemployment rate in November 2016, down from the 3.1% rate recorded in October, and the 3.3% rate reported in November of last year.

The Island of Maui in Maui County recorded a 3.1% unemployment rate in October 2016, down from the 3.2% rate recorded in September, and the 3.3% rate reported in October of last year.

The state’s employment projections over the 10 year period that ends in 2024, is forecast to expand by 5.6% according to new information released today by the DLIR.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations’ “Employment Forecasts for the Short-Term Future – 2017” publication projects that statewide employment will expand by 2.9%, or 20,020 jobs, from the first quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2017.

The Island of Maui’s not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in February 2016 was 3.2%, down slightly from last month’s 3.2%, down from last February’s 4% but slightly higher than the state average of 3.1%,

The “Economic Outlook” section of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism’s first “Quarterly Statistical and Economic Report” of 2016 states that Hawai‘i’s economic growth rates remain unchanged from its previous forecast.