Waimea, HI Unemployment Rate Report

Waimea, HI Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Waimea, Hawaii has ranged from 1.7% in December 2006 to 33.0% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Waimea is 4.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Waimea, HI Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Waimea, HI Current Unemployment - 4.3%

Waimea, HI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2022	5.1%	4.0%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.0%	3.8%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.6%	3.4%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.5%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.4%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.1%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.4%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.3%	3.6%	3.7%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2021	14.6%	9.9%	6.3%
2 / 2021	12.9%	6.5%	6.2%
3 / 2021	13.0%	8.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.6%	8.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.9%	7.4%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.6%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.3%	5.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.9%	5.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.5%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.3%	5.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.9%	4.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.6%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2020	3.0%	2.9%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.8%	2.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	2.3%	2.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	33.0%	21.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	31.5%	23.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	19.4%	13.9%	11.1%
7 / 2020	19.1%	13.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	19.9%	12.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	20.2%	15.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	19.4%	14.2%	6.9%
11 / 2020	13.9%	10.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	12.3%	9.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2019	2.9%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.7%	2.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.8%	2.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.6%	2.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.4%	2.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.1%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.6%	2.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.6%	2.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.7%	2.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.6%	2.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.8%	2.6%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.4%	2.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2018	2.2%	2.3%	4.1%
2 / 2018	2.0%	2.2%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.0%	2.3%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.0%	2.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.3%	2.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.2%	3.0%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.7%	2.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.7%	2.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.2%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.8%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.4%	2.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2017	2.9%	2.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	2.8%	2.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	2.6%	2.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.7%	2.4%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.5%	2.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.8%	3.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.2%	2.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.0%	2.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.1%	2.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.0%	2.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.1%	2.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	1.8%	2.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2016	3.4%	3.1%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.4%	2.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.2%	3.0%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.3%	3.0%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.1%	2.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.6%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.0%	3.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	2.9%	2.9%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.1%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.9%	2.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.0%	2.8%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.6%	2.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2015	4.4%	4.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.3%	3.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.2%	3.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.1%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.9%	3.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.3%	4.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.7%	3.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.8%	3.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.0%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.6%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.7%	3.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.2%	2.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2014	5.4%	4.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.4%	4.6%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.1%	4.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.0%	4.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.7%	4.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.4%	5.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.8%	4.4%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.6%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.7%	4.3%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.4%	4.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.5%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.1%	3.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2013	6.0%	5.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.0%	4.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.8%	4.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.7%	4.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.4%	4.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.0%	5.3%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.3%	4.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.2%	4.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.6%	5.0%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.7%	5.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.7%	4.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.2%	4.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2012	8.4%	6.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.2%	6.5%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.0%	6.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.8%	6.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.7%	6.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.2%	6.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.3%	6.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.8%	5.7%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.9%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.5%	5.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.3%	5.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.8%	4.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2011	8.7%	6.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.6%	6.7%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.6%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.4%	6.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.9%	6.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.4%	7.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.8%	6.9%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.7%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.7%	7.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.6%	6.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.8%	6.9%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.0%	6.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2010	8.9%	7.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.8%	6.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.8%	6.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.8%	6.7%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.5%	6.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.1%	7.5%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.5%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.5%	7.0%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.2%	7.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.7%	6.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.9%	6.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.2%	6.4%	9.3%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2009	9.4%	6.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.7%	6.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.4%	7.0%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.1%	7.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.3%	7.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.7%	7.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.9%	7.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.6%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.7%	7.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.1%	7.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.2%	7.2%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.1%	6.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2008	3.3%	3.2%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.1%	3.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.4%	3.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.5%	3.5%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.7%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.8%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.5%	4.4%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.6%	4.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.3%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.4%	5.1%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.3%	5.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.4%	5.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2007	2.6%	2.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	2.3%	2.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.5%	2.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.3%	2.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.3%	2.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.1%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	2.8%	2.9%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.5%	2.8%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.9%	3.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.7%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.1%	3.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.3%	2.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2006	2.5%	2.6%	4.7%
2 / 2006	2.5%	2.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.2%	2.8%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.7%	2.7%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.6%	2.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.1%	3.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.8%	2.9%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.7%	2.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.5%	2.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.3%	2.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.1%	2.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	1.7%	1.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2005	3.2%	3.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.0%	2.9%	5.4%
3 / 2005	2.8%	2.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	2.7%	2.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	2.7%	2.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.3%	3.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	2.9%	2.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.6%	2.8%	4.9%
9 / 2005	2.9%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.6%	2.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.7%	2.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.5%	2.3%	4.9%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2004	4.0%	3.8%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.8%	3.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.6%	3.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.2%	3.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.4%	3.2%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.0%	3.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.4%	3.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.3%	3.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.6%	3.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.5%	3.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.7%	3.3%	5.4%
12 / 2004	2.9%	2.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2003	4.3%	3.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.0%	3.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.2%	3.8%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.5%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.0%	4.0%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.0%	5.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.3%	4.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.1%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.5%	4.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.0%	4.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.0%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.7%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2002	5.9%	5.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.3%	4.6%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.1%	4.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.5%	4.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.9%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.9%	4.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.3%	4.2%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.1%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.2%	4.2%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.9%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.1%	3.9%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.7%	3.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2001	5.4%	4.1%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.9%	4.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.1%	4.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.8%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.0%	4.1%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.7%	4.9%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.2%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.8%	4.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.9%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.9%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.9%	5.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.6%	4.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 2000	5.7%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.1%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.7%	4.3%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.5%	4.2%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.5%	4.2%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.2%	4.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.0%	4.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.8%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.9%	4.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.6%	4.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.5%	4.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.7%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1999	8.8%	5.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.2%	5.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.0%	5.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.0%	5.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.5%	5.4%	4.2%
6 / 1999	7.6%	6.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.8%	5.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.9%	5.3%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.2%	5.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.8%	5.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.8%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.3%	4.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1998	9.7%	5.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.4%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	11.7%	6.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	9.2%	5.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	9.6%	6.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	11.0%	6.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	9.7%	6.5%	4.5%
8 / 1998	9.3%	6.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	9.4%	6.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	8.7%	6.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	8.9%	6.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	9.2%	5.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1997	13.0%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.5%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	11.1%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	10.8%	6.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	10.4%	6.2%	4.9%
6 / 1997	11.8%	7.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	10.7%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	10.8%	6.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	10.6%	6.6%	4.9%
10 / 1997	9.9%	6.0%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.0%	6.0%	4.6%
12 / 1997	10.9%	5.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1996	12.8%	6.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	12.4%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	12.3%	6.1%	5.5%
4 / 1996	12.1%	6.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	11.6%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	13.2%	6.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	11.8%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1996	10.9%	6.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.2%	6.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.4%	6.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	13.0%	6.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	11.6%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1995	11.7%	5.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	11.5%	5.2%	5.4%
3 / 1995	11.5%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	11.9%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	11.3%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	12.3%	6.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.2%	6.4%	5.7%
8 / 1995	10.8%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	11.6%	6.4%	5.6%
10 / 1995	11.5%	6.1%	5.5%
11 / 1995	11.5%	5.8%	5.6%
12 / 1995	10.8%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1994	13.9%	5.2%	6.6%
2 / 1994	14.2%	5.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	14.1%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	13.6%	5.4%	6.4%
5 / 1994	13.5%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	14.1%	6.2%	6.1%
7 / 1994	13.0%	6.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	12.4%	5.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	12.9%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1994	12.6%	5.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	12.0%	5.4%	5.6%
12 / 1994	10.9%	4.7%	5.5%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1993	17.8%	4.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	16.5%	4.6%	7.1%
3 / 1993	15.4%	4.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	13.6%	4.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	12.7%	4.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	14.4%	5.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	12.7%	4.5%	6.9%
8 / 1993	11.6%	4.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	11.2%	4.3%	6.7%
10 / 1993	11.2%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	11.7%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	10.7%	4.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1992	5.4%	3.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.5%	3.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.4%	3.8%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.5%	3.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.9%	4.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.7%	5.1%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.3%	4.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.8%	4.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.1%	4.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	22.2%	4.9%	7.3%
11 / 1992	19.7%	4.9%	7.4%
12 / 1992	15.4%	4.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1991	3.8%	2.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	3.6%	2.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.1%	2.8%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.0%	2.7%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.7%	2.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.3%	3.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.5%	3.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.0%	2.8%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.5%	3.2%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.2%	2.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.8%	3.0%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.4%	2.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Waimea, HI%	Hawaii%	National %
1 / 1990	4.6%	2.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.2%	2.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.5%	2.7%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.6%	2.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.0%	2.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.9%	3.4%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.3%	2.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.5%	2.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.9%	2.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.2%	2.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	2.9%	2.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	2.7%	1.9%	6.3%