Hawaii is now tied for the second-lowest unemployment rate in the country at 2.5 percent.

North Dakota is still the lowest at 2.4 percent despite its seasonally adjusted rate rising in September by one-tenth of a point. Colorado, which had been alone in second place, also saw its unemployment rate rise last month by one-tenth of a point to 2.5 percent. That matched Hawaii, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department.

Hawaii’s number was released a day earlier by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and showed that the islands’ jobless rate had dropped one-tenth of a point from 2.6 percent to its second-lowest rate ever, according to U.S. Labor Department statistics that go back to 1976.

Hawaii’s lowest rate ever of 2.4 percent was achieved from October through December 2006 and from May through September 1989.

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ON THE MOVE

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor has announced the following:

>> Kenneth DeHoff has announced his retirement as of Dec. 31. He is currently executive director of operations. Under his leadership the museum’s staff has increased to 75 from 23, and its aircraft collection has expanded to 45 from seven.

>> The Pacific Aviation Museum’s board of directors has named Elissa Lines as the replacement for DeHoff. She currently serves as executive director for development. Prior to joining Pacific Aviation Museum, Lines was vice president for donor and business relations for the Experimental Aircraft Association, in Oshkosh, Wis.

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