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Honolulu, HI MSA labor market reports
Free archive of WageScape reports for Honolulu, HI MSA. Latest free edition: Finance, October 2026 — Honolulu's labor market softens while finance pay diverges sharply.
Finance
- October 2026 — Honolulu's labor market softens while finance pay diverges sharply.
- September 2026 — Honolulu finance pay splits: FP&A climbs, Controller pay cools.
- August 2026 — Honolulu finance pay climbs fastest at the top, lags at the bottom.
Human Resources
- October 2026 — Honolulu's jobless rate climbs as job creation stalls.
- September 2026 — Honolulu's low unemployment masks a shrinking labor pool, not strong hiring.
- August 2026 — Honolulu's low jobless rate hides a widening real-wage gap.
Information Technology
- October 2026 — Honolulu unemployment rises while IT pay keeps climbing
- September 2026 — Honolulu IT pay splits: engineers surge, help desk collapses.
Life Sciences
- October 2026 — Honolulu life sci pay splits sharply by specialty and holds steady across sectors.
- September 2026 — Honolulu's thin talent pool outbids the mainland for biostatisticians.
General Market Conditions
- October 2026 — Honolulu's labor force grows faster than its job count.
- September 2026 — Honolulu jobless rate falls, but growth is still missing
Restaurant Industry
- October 2026 — Honolulu's applicant pool grows while kitchen wages keep climbing.
- September 2026 — Honolulu restaurant pay splits: management falls, catering climbs, scarcity persists.
- August 2026 — Honolulu restaurants squeeze margins, not headcount, under $16 wage floor