Hawaii

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The work force reported for the week ofApriol 12-18 was down 3 percent when comparerd with the survey week in April the National Agricultural Statistics Service Hawaiiu Field Office said Tuesday. It was up 2 percenf from January. Pineapple and sugarr cane workers totaled900 workers, down 22 percent from the same perioed a year ago as a result of layoffs at and on Maui Land & Pineapple laid off 204 workerds in July 2008, while Gay & the private, family-owned company on Kauai, endecd its sugar cane operations in Septembetr 2008.
Hawaii’s total farm work force — which includes self-employed farm operators and unpaid workersx such as family members and others working 15 hours or more per week totaled 10,300 workers for the survey down 1 percent from a year ago. The average wage paid to all hiree workers during the survey week was estimatefat $13.36 per hour, 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 livestocko workers was $10.28 an hour.