Employment Indicators

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The March 2025 preliminary statistics show an increase of 240 jobs over the year despite a decline of 870 in the latest quarter. The greatest private sector employment reductions over the year were in Construction 740, the majority of which were H-2 workers.


The Unemployment Rate in Guam for December 2024 was 3.9 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage points from the September 2024 figure of 3.4 percent, and a reduction of 0.3 percentage points from the December 2023 figure one year earlier of 4.2 percent.

EmploymentMar
2024
Jun
2024
Sep
2024
Dec
2024
Mar
2025
Percent
Change
(One Year)
Private Sector51,80051,62051,88052,24051,9000.2%
Federal Government3,9303,9903,8204,0504,0102.0%
Government of Guam12,13011,95012,21011,98011,890-2.0%
Total Employment67,86067,56067,91068,27067,800-0.1%

Weekly
Earnings
Mar
2024
Jun
2024
Sep
2024
Dec
2024
Mar
2025
Percent Change
(One Year)
Private Sector Non-supervisory$710.56$712.97$695.56$712.27$707.16-0.5%
GovGuam-All Branches$1,233.08$1,229.05$1,284.43$1,321.50$1,319.487.0%

Unemployment
Rate
Dec
2023
Mar
2024
Jun
2024
Sep
2024
Dec
2024
Change
(One Year)
4.2%4.0%4.0%3.4%3.9%-0.3

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