#Department of Business Economic Development & Tourism

Hawai‘i unemployment rate at 3.0% in May – up 3,900 jobs year-over-year

Year-over-year, non-farm jobs have gone up by 3,900. But non-farm jobs are down 18,700 when compared to the last month prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Big Island vacation rental occupancy for May down 14% from a year ago

The occupancy for Big Island vacation rentals in May was 43.5%, which is down 14.2% from a year ago and 27.8% lower than May 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

January 2023 visitor numbers on Big Island rebound to pre-pandemic level

Visitors spent $260 million on the Big Island in January 2023, according to a state report.