Waipahu, HI jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Interim CMO Strategic Growth Leader, Flexible HoursEnergy Innovation: Policy and Technology
- Inside Sales Representative (Hybrid) - Waipahu, HIOffice Depot
- Route Accounting AssociateReyes Holdings
- Inbound Operations Manager Supply ChainGenuine Parts Company
- Facilities ManagerEnergy Innovation: Policy and Technology
- Data Engineer (Various Locations)Agile Defense
- Senior Operations ManagerAD.Visory Solutions
- Project ManagerRemedy Staffing
- Executive DirectorHawaii Agriculture Research Center
Employers hiring most in Waipahu
- Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
- AD.Visory Solutions1 open role
- Agile Defense1 open role
- Genuine Parts Company1 open role
- Hawaii Agriculture Research Center1 open role
- Office Depot1 open role
- Remedy Staffing1 open role
- Reyes Holdings1 open role
Waipahu layoffs
No layoff notices naming Waipahu 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.
Honolulu County outlook: Cooling
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 3.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+5,298 jobs), health care (+3,009 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−749 jobs), management of companies (−649 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Waipahu. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Honolulu summit focuses on building AI-ready workforce for HawaiʻiMaui Now · Nov 7, 2026
- 13 Honolulu Star-Advertiser staff affected in recent round of layoffsKHON2 · Nov 3, 2026
- Off the news: Alaska Air layoffs hit dozens in HawaiiHonolulu Star-Advertiser · Nov 3, 2026
Learn and get funded in Waipahu
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Waipahu. 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).
- Oahu Workforce Development Board
Honolulu
Honolulu County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.2% the month before
484,553
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,003,666
people in Honolulu County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$104,264
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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