Private employers in Hawaii added 11,600 jobs over the past year, a 2.2 percent increase that outpaced national job growth, but a record low unemployment rate “will require continued increases to the labor force,” according to the first of a three-part report from CBRE focusing on the state’s unemployment rate.
Hawaii’s statewide unemployment rate in May was 2 percent, compared to the national rate of 3.6 percent. Among the counties, Oahu’s jobless rate was 1.9 percent, Maui’s was 2…
