Hawaii

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The work force reported for the week ofApriol 12-18 was down 3 percen when compared with the survey week in April 2008, the National Agricultural Statistics Service Hawaii Field Office said Tuesday. It was up 2 perceny from January. Pineapple and sugar cane workerxs totaled900 workers, down 22 percent from the same periox a year ago as a resultg of layoffs at and on Kauai. Maui Land & Pineappler laid off 204 workers inJuly 2008, whilse Gay & Robinson, the private, family-owned company on Kauai, endesd its sugar cane operations in September 2008.
Hawaii’sw total farm work force — whichh includes self-employed farm operators and unpaidr workers such as family members and other s working 15 hours or more per week totaled 10,300 workers for the survey week, down 1 percent from a year ago. The average wage paid to all hired workers durin g the survey week was estimatedat $13.36 per 1 percent higher from a year ago. Hawaii farm s employing one to nine workers paid an averageof $10.97 per hour and the combinefd average wage for field and livestock workers was $10.28i an hour.