Hilo, HI jobs, layoffs and employers

17 open professional jobs in Hilo. Hilo is in Hawaii County.

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Jobs in Hilo

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Employers hiring most in Hilo

  1. BAYADA Home Health Care3 open roles
  2. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
  3. Avis Budget Group1 open role
  4. Central Pacific Bank1 open role
  5. Charter Communications1 open role
  6. Citadel1 open role
  7. Dunhill1 open role
  8. Expert Seekers Training1 open role
  9. Inter Pacific Motors1 open role
  10. Orion Placement1 open role

Hilo layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hilo in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Hilo

Colleges in Hilo
CollegeTypeStudents
University of Hawaii at HiloPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Hawaii County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 5.2% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 4.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.5%, up 1.0 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+867 jobs), health care (+722 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−525 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hilo. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Hawaii? How to file for unemployment in Hawaii (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

  • American Job Center Hawaii - Hawaii Island

    Hilo · Comprehensive · 808-935-6527

    Monday - Friday 7:45am- 4:30pm

Hawaii County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    2.5% the month before

  • 93,661

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 203,684

    people in Hawaii County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,215

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from Hawaii’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Hawaii unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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