Hawaii
State, USPS HI · 20.25, -156.37
10 findings fired for Hawaii this run, against a typical home value of $833,340 in August 2026 and covered employment of 643,896 in 2026 Q1.
- 100th pct · 1st of 51 US states · median $350,752
Zillow Home Value Index, state file: the middle third of the market, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 32nd pct · 35th of 51 US states · median 2.1%
Zillow's own twelve-month change on the state row.
- 17th pct · 43rd of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
BLS QCEW covered employment, third month of the quarter, all ownerships.
- 45th pct · 29th of 52 US states · median $1,416
Total quarterly wages divided by average employment and by thirteen weeks; one covered job, not a household.
- 21st pct · 41st of 52 US states · median 161,279
BLS QCEW reporting units, all ownerships.
- 38th pct · 31st of 52 US states · median -0.2%
BLS's own published over-the-year change. The newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so this is their figure, not a subtraction of ours.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- 100th pct · 1st of 51 US states · median $350,752
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rent #
Rather than print an empty row that suggests a number could arrive, the rows are omitted and the reason is stated. The rent figures for this state's counties are on their own pages.
Jobs & wages #
No QCEW row for this area
- 17th pct · 43rd of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
| Sector | Jobs | Average weekly wage | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 106,342 | $959 | 1.84 |
| Health care and social assistance | 74,951 | $1,451 | 0.77 |
| Retail trade | 62,683 | $889 | 1.00 |
| Construction | 38,983 | $1,805 | 1.15 |
| Administrative and waste services | 36,675 | $1,016 | 1.00 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 30,189 | $1,608 | 1.11 |
| Professional and technical services | 26,920 | $1,975 | 0.61 |
| Other services | 25,833 | $1,012 | 1.34 |
| Wholesale trade | 17,084 | $1,580 | 0.69 |
| Educational services | 15,189 | $980 | 1.10 |
| Finance and insurance | 14,658 | $2,563 | 0.56 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 13,241 | $795 | 1.25 |
| Manufacturing | 12,798 | $1,321 | 0.25 |
| Real estate and rental | 11,624 | $1,473 | 1.18 |
| Information | 8,540 | $2,239 | 0.72 |
| Management of companies | 8,308 | $2,401 | 0.77 |
| Unclassified | 5,876 | $1,905 | 4.29 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 5,377 | $967 | 1.16 |
| Utilities | 3,589 | $3,112 | 1.41 |
| Mining, oil and gas | 251 | $2,164 | 0.11 |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Affordability #
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Trade gateways #
2 ports within 200 km, 0 land crossings within 250 km
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu | 29,733 TEU 2023 · #32 US | 196 km |
| Hilo | medium harbour, channel 9.4 m | 146 km |
These are the gateways near the state’s centroid, within the radii named above, not every port and crossing inside the state boundary. lib/economy searches a disc around a point; there is no clip-to-boundary path.
NGA World Port Index harbours (medium and large, or any with BTS statistics) and BTS Border Crossing Entry Data ports; BTS Port Performance volumes for the latest reporting year.
National pulse #
1 national series, latest 2026-10-01
FRED series (Freddie Mac, Census, BEA, EIA, BLS, S&P) and BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators; each item carries its own date and source.
Largest counties #
The 4 counties of Hawaii with the most covered jobs.
| County | Jobs | FIPS |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu County | 454,805 | 15003 |
| Maui County | 74,306 | 15009 |
| Hawaii County | 73,294 | 15001 |
| Kauai County | 33,089 | 15007 |
Ranked by BLS QCEW third-month covered employment from the same nationwide table the screener uses. A county whose cell BLS withheld is absent from the ranking, not last in it.
Metropolitan areas #
2 metropolitan statistical areas lie wholly or partly in Hawaii.
| Metropolitan area | CBSA |
|---|---|
| Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 27980 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 46520 |
From the bundled place manifest, which derives its metro table offline from the committed BLS OEWS metro index. A metro that spans a state line appears on both states' pages.
Water #
Drought, reservoirs, stream gauges and groundwater wells are reported around a point, with every row's distance printed. That is a county page's section, not a state's.
National indicator context #
None of these series is keyed to this state. They are national, gauge, single-state or port series, shown as context for the numbers above.
| Indicator | Latest | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage | 16.50 | ft | ok |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) | 5,170.00 | ft³/s | ok |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full | 71.30 | % | ok |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly | 258,700.00 | trucks | ok |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual | 10,513,167.00 | TEU | watch |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports | 6.00 | ships | ok |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate | 6,830.00 | $ per 40 ft box | watch |
| US diesel retail price | not published | $ per gallon | no data |
| WTI crude oil, spot | 96.16 | $ per barrel | watch |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate | 7.28 | % | watch |
| Housing starts, annual rate | 1,275.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Building permits, annual rate | 1,403.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Case-Shiller US home price index | 337.31 | index, Jan 2000 = 100 | ok |
| Unemployment rate | 4.10 | % | ok |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly | -88,576.00 | $ millions | ok |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly | 646,347.00 | $ millions | ok |
lib/indicators has no geographic selection: every registry entry is a United States, gauge, Texas, port, crossing or world series. Reading these as this state's own readings would be wrong.
What changed #
Hawaii: 10 findings, 2 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchHawaii's years of wages is 11.6, a watch level here: typical home value worth 10 or more years of one average covered wage (typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages = 11.554261328867616 >= 10
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchHawaii's covered employment is -0.3% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -0.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteHawaii's average weekly wage was 1.7% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +1.7 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteHawaii's typical home value rose 0.3% from $830,594 in July 2026 to $833,340 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (833339.5440832479 - 830594.4921684097) / 830594.4921684097 × 100
- 833339.5440832479 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 830594.4921684097 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteHawaii's covered employment was 0.3% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -0.3 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
The full Hawaii brief, with the arithmetic behind every sentence.
Every sentence in the brief is written by a rule table in lib/brief, not generated, and each one can print the arithmetic behind its number.