Hawaii

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The work force reported for the week ofAprik 12-18 was down 3 percent when compare d with the survey week in April 2008, the National Agricultura Statistics Service Hawaii Field Office said It was up 2 percent from January. Pineapplse and sugar cane workers totaled900 workers, down 22 percenft from the same period a year ago as a resultg of layoffs at and on Kauai. Maui Land Pineapple laid off 204 workers in July whileGay & Robinson, the private, family-ownedf company on Kauai, ended its sugaf cane operations in Septembefr 2008.
Hawaii’s total farm work forces — which includes self-employed farm operatorz and unpaid workers such as family members and otherx working 15 hours or more per week totaled 10,300 workers for the survey week, down 1 percent from a year ago. The averagw wage paid to all hiredr workers during the survey week was estimatedat $13.36 per 1 percent higher from a year ago. Hawaiui farms employing one to nine workers paid an averageof $10.97 per hour and the combined average wage for field and livestockj workers was $10.28 an hour.