Hawaiʻi is projected to add 41,200 jobs over the next eight years, according to a new analysis by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations that is intended in part as a guide for “students and jobseekers who are making career decisions.”
The employment forecast characterized that 6% employment growth rate over eight years as moderate and noted that nearly all industries are expected to expand, with the health care, food service and transportation industries leading the gains. The industries expected to lose jobs would be government; retail trade; and agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.
However, the three occupational groups — each industry has subsets of occupational groups — projected to create the most new jobs are considered lower-wage occupations: food preparation and serving; transportation and material moving; and health care support…