Honolulu County · Hawaii
Honolulu, HI jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Honolulu, HI earn a median of $47,112 a year, 6% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 22.9% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $47,112#25 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 64.9%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 174,598Civilian employed, age 16+
What Honolulu does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance22.9%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food15.9%
- Professional, scientific & management11.9%
- Retail trade10.6%
- Public administration8.1%
- Finance, insurance & real estate7.2%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.3%
- Construction5%
- Other services, except public administration4.8%
- Manufacturing2.7%
- Wholesale trade2.3%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.6%
Related data for Honolulu
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.
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