The Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was 3.1%, compared to 3.3% in April. In May, 657,450 persons were employed and 21,400 were unemployed, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 678,800 statewide. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7% in May, up from 3.4% in April.