Posted at 3:44 p.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2007
State jobless rate inches up to 2.5 percent in May
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i's unemployment rate increased slightly to 2.5 percent in May but the state's jobless rate was still the second lowest in the nation.The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said today that Hawai'i's jobless rate increased 0.1 percentage point in May from April's 2.4 percent.
Hawai'i tied Utah for the second lowest jobless rate and trailed Idaho and Montana, where the unemployment rates were 2.3 percent.
