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Top 20 Jobs in Hawaii

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By Patty Inglish, MS

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Many Maritime and Skilled Labor types of jobs are available and expanding numbers fo positions through 2014 in Hawaii, as compared to the continental USA, where IT (Information Technology) and Healthcare jobs more often lead the opportunities in those states.

Jobs as ship engineers are expected to triple by 2014, a near-200% increase.

Sailors, marine oilers, marine engineers, naval architects, and ship's officers and crew positions offer workers the greatest number of job openings overall. In the Number 7 slot of the Top 20 Jobs in Hawaii, motorboat operator is also in this maritime category. Several IT jobs are also in the Top 20. Healthcare positions and skilled labor occupations round out the Top 20, joined at the end by musicians and singers. A variety of occupations in Hawaii that are hiring.

UPDATE: The top employers listing the most job openinds in the Autumn 2009 peirod include:

  1. Kaiser Permanente - Healthcare and many different positions at a range of educational levels. Travel Nursing is another good option in Hawaii.
  2. SAIC - McLean - Science/Computers/IT
  3. US Army
  4. Hawaii Pacific Health  - Healthcare
  5. Starwood Hotels
  6. Kamehameha Schools
  7. McDonald's restaurants
  8. Sears Stores
  9. Hilton Hotels Corp.
  10. Blockbuster Inc.
  11. Sutter Health
  12. L'Bel
  13. www.AlliedTravelWeb.com
  14. StaffPointe Medical Search - Healthcare



Volcano National Park on Big Island

Largest Employers in Hawaii

Top 20 Employers and the Number of Job Openings filled Yearly

  • 1 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS ~ 24,000 employees 
  • 2 BANK OF HAWAII
  • 3 QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER
  • 4 TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CTR 
  • 5 BANK OF HAWAII (2)
  • 6 BANK OF HAWAII CORP (3)
  • 7 ST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
  • 8 ALOHA AIRLINES
  • 9 TOWNE REALTY OF HAWAII
  • 10 HONOLULU CITY POLICE
  • 11 HONOLULU POLICE DEPT (2)
  • 12 KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER
  • 13 STRAUB CLINIC & HOSPITAL INC 
  • 14 TheBus ~1800
  • 15 HILTON HAWAIIAN VILLAGE BEACH
  • 16 HONOLULU INTL AIRPORT-HNL
  • 17 ADJUTANT GENERAL
  • 18 GRAND WAILEA RESORT HOTEL
  • 19 KUAKINI EMERGENCY SERVICES
  • 20 KUAKINI HEALTH SYSTEM

Additional Important Larger Employers

  • Battleship Missouri Memorial is located at Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Hilo Hattie seeks workers committed to "Aloha" culture. They state, "Hilo Hattie, The Store of Hawaii is the world's largest retailer of Hawaiian fashion, food, gifts and fun with stores in Hawaii, California, Florida, and Nevada." recognized many times as the Best Place for Hawaiian Fashions.
  • Hoku Scientific, Inc. produces cutting edge fuel cell technologies. They are looking for motivated, energetic people to join their team.


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mclaire74 profile image

mclaire74  says:
2 years ago

Very informative.  Your article ignited my desire to visit this place together with my family as soon as we can save enough for this. When?  only God Knows... I'll tell you the moment this dream would come true.

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PegasusTeam  says:
2 years ago

Aloha

Nice Hub! Very good information. Thanks

Patty Inglish, MS profile image

Patty Inglish, MS  says:
2 years ago

Hello PegasusTeam. I'd like to move to the islands, but it looks like I'd have to run away to sea in order to do so. Thanks for your comments!

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KelleyMari  says:
17 months ago

Aloha! Thanks for the information. My husband and I are planning a move to Oahu in the next year. He runs an Outsourced IT company in Ohio and will be closing up shop to move. This will be a big help to us as we get closer!

Brilliant Hub -

Patty Inglish, MS profile image

Patty Inglish, MS  says:
17 months ago

Congratulations on your move to Oahu. Some of this information should come in very useful for you. Best of success!

mhajnal profile image

mhajnal  says:
4 months ago

I have a dream of moving to Hawaii, and this page helps a lot to make my dream come true. Thanks!

Patty Inglish, MS profile image

Patty Inglish, MS  says:
5 weeks ago

Soem updates are in place. On 10/06/09, about 8,000 jobs were open via Internet listings.

Carol the Writer profile image

Carol the Writer  says:
3 days ago

Great hub! Great information on the job situation in Hawaii. I like hubs about Hawaii. I hope to go there someday. Very good photo! Keep up the good work.- Carol

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