Hawai'i's buoyant job market kept it near the bottom of states in claims filed for unemployment insurance.

Hawai'i residents filed 1,100 initial claims for the week ending March 1, up 300 from the same week last year. Hawai'i's claims represented 0.3 percent of the total workforce, tying the state for third lowest in the country on a percentage basis.

Hawai'i's unemployment rate was 3.2 percent in December, tying it with Nebraska and Utah for the second-lowest jobless rate in the country.