Hawaii · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Hawaii

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Hawaii, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Hawaii had about 644,200 people on their payrolls across roughly 61,721 establishments, with average annual pay of $70,640.

Total employment in Hawaii grew 15.0% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Hawaii are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

644,200Employment, 2025
61,721Establishments
$70,640Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Hawaii	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	5,473	0.9%	1.07	est. · 0.99
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	271	0.0%	0.11	est. · 0.62
23	Construction	40,509	6.3%	1.16	est. · 0.99
31-33	Manufacturing	19,591	3.0%	0.37	est. · 0.99
22	Utilities	5,585	0.9%	1.54	est. · 0.95
42	Wholesale Trade	17,094	2.6%	0.68	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	65,281	10.1%	1.02	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	35,543	5.5%	1.13	est. · 0.99
51	Information	7,583	1.2%	0.61	est. · 0.98
52	Finance and Insurance	14,876	2.3%	0.57	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11,830	1.8%	1.17	est. · 0.99
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	31,832	4.9%	0.71	est. · 0.96
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	8,521	1.3%	0.79	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	38,222	5.9%	1.01	pub.
61	Educational Services	58,314	9.0%	1.06	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	85,006	13.2%	0.82	est. · 1.00
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	15,891	2.5%	1.26	est. · 0.98
72	Accommodation and Food Services	107,298	16.7%	1.82	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	26,641	4.1%	1.37	pub.
92	Public Administration	43,887	6.8%	1.35	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	644,184	61,721	$70,637	0.7%	pub.
2024	639,801	59,537	$67,366	0.9%	pub.
2023	633,890	56,668	$64,207	2.2%	pub.
2022	619,985	52,277	$61,483	5.4%	pub.
2021	588,085	48,028	$59,644	5.0%	pub.
2020	560,156	45,799	$57,934	15.0%	pub.
2019	659,044	44,048	$52,686	0.1%	pub.
2018	658,341	42,174	$50,977	0.6%	pub.
2017	654,184	41,078	$49,671	1.0%	pub.
2016	647,545	39,740	$48,178	1.5%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Hawaii	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	43,806	6.8%	0.97
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	30,908	4.8%	0.72
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	13,243	2.1%	0.61
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	9,253	1.4%	0.86
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	7,474	1.2%	1.24
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	12,225	1.9%	1.12
23-0000	Legal occupations	4,490	0.7%	0.83
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	41,924	6.5%	1.11
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	9,789	1.5%	1.14
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	36,661	5.7%	0.91
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	22,046	3.4%	0.68
33-0000	Protective service occupations	21,076	3.3%	1.36
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	85,488	13.3%	1.51
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	32,660	5.1%	1.73
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	18,154	2.8%	1.36
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	51,108	7.9%	0.92
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	80,062	12.4%	1.06
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,285	0.2%	0.71
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	31,332	4.9%	1.18
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	25,520	4.0%	1.01
51-0000	Production occupations	14,104	2.2%	0.39
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	51,576	8.0%	0.91

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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