How many job openings are there in Hawaii?

Hawaii had 19K job openings as of Dec 2025, per the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), the federal government's monthly labor-demand series.

How many people were hired in Hawaii recently?

Hawaii recorded 18K hires in Dec 2025, according to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. This tallies all payroll additions in the period, regardless of whether headcount grew overall.

What is the quits rate in Hawaii?

13K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Hawaii during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.0%. A higher quits rate generally indicates worker confidence, employees leave when they believe better opportunities are available.

How many layoffs happened in Hawaii?

There were 5K layoffs and discharges in Hawaii during Dec 2025. This tallies involuntary job losses only, layoffs with no plan to rehire plus discharges for cause, not voluntary departures.

What are total separations in Hawaii?

Total separations in Hawaii reached 20K in Dec 2025. This includes all employees who left their jobs, whether through quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, or transfers to other locations of the same firm.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Hawaii Labor Market

BLS JOLTS state totals for Hawaii: openings, hires, quits, and layoffs by month, with industry mix where the extract includes it. State releases may trail the national headline.

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

19K
Job openings: 18K
Hires: 2.0%
Quits rate: 46th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-15 Hawaii

19K openings · 2.9% rate · 18K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 19K
RATE 2.9%
RANK 46th
HIRE 18K
QUIT 2.0%
LAY 5K
YOY -26.9%
PHOTO Washington

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Washington (2.9%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Hawaii is 46th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Washington →

Labor market health score

18/100

Hawaii, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate F 2.9%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate F 2.8%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate F 2.0%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Loose rate band

Hawaii sits in the loosest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only. Hawaii ranks 50th of 51 on this month's board; denser peers are above on the chart. Signature: 50th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (2.9%).

Hawaii among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Hawaii openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Hawaii sits at 50th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Hawaii openings fell 26.9% year over year

Monthly job openings in Hawaii from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 2.9%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Hawaii sits: Cool & settled

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Hawaii's own openings rate is 2.9% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.0% against a 2.2% average.