Honolulu County, HI jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meHonolulu 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
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 Honolulu County. 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 Honolulu County
- 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.
Honolulu County layoffs
16
Layoff notices, last 12 months
125
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
15
employers
Employers hiring most in Honolulu County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- BerryDunn4 open roles
- U.S. Marine Corps4 open roles
- U.S. Army Cyber Command3 open roles
- Akima Systems Engineering2 open roles
- Coca-Cola Company2 open roles
- Commercial Metals2 open roles
- Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
- Goodfellow Bros2 open roles
- Honsador Holdings2 open roles
- SAIC2 open roles
Colleges in Honolulu County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Honolulu | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
| Brigham Young University-Hawaii | Laie | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu | Honolulu | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Hawaii Pacific University | Honolulu | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| University of Hawaii-West Oahu | Kapolei | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Pacific Rim Christian University | Honolulu | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Honolulu County. 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
American Job Center Hawaii - Oahu
Honolulu · Comprehensive · 808-768-5701
7:45-4:30pm Mon-Fri
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Hawaii’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Hawaii unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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