Despite rising unemployment, Hawaii still ranks favorably in national study
There were 1.44 unemployed people in Hawai'i for every online help-wanted ad here, according to a survey by the Conference Board.
The New York-based business group released a study showing Hawai'i has the 15th lowest supply-to-demand rates out of all 50 states. The national rate was 2.27.
The report also said Honolulu had the seventh-lowest rate of 52 metropolitan areas surveyed. It had a rate of 1.13 unemployed persons for every online ad.
Honolulu's supply-demand rate has been rising since December 2006 when the rate was 0.77, the lowest of all the metropolitan areas measured by the Conference Board at the time.
