Guam’s labor market showed a 3.1% unemployment rate in December 2025, with 72,350 employed people and a labor force participation rate of 60.6%. The island’s labor picture also includes a large private-sector base, substantial construction and retail employment, and measurable differences among demographic and work-status groups.
Contents
- December 2025 labor market snapshot
- Employment and participation
- Unemployment by group
- March-to-December 2025 movement
- Where Guam’s private-sector jobs were
- Construction, lodging, manufacturing, and services
- Hours and earnings
December 2025 labor market snapshot
The December 2025 release, The Unemployment Situation on Guam: December 2025, reported a civilian population age 16 and over of 123,060. Guam’s civilian labor force was 74,590, while 48,470 people were not in the labor force. The labor force participation rate was 60.6%.
The same release counted 72,350 employed persons and 2,280 unemployed persons. Guam’s unemployment rate was 3.1% in December 2025. The rate was down 0.4 percentage points from September 2025 and down 0.8 percentage points from December 2024.
These measures describe different parts of the labor market. The civilian population age 16 and over is the broad population base in the release. The labor force consists of employed and unemployed people, while the participation rate describes the share participating in that labor force measure. The number not in the labor force is reported separately and should not be treated as unemployed.
| December 2025 measure | Guam statistic |
|---|---|
| Civilian population age 16 and over | 123,060 |
| Civilian labor force | 74,590 |
| Employed persons | 72,350 |
| Unemployed persons | 2,280 |
| Not in the labor force | 48,470 |
| Labor force participation rate | 60.6% |
| Unemployment rate | 3.1% |
Source: The Unemployment Situation on Guam: December 2025.
Employment and participation
The December 2025 employment total included several reported population and work-status categories. Employed adult women numbered 33,830, and employed adult men numbered 36,650. Employed teenagers numbered 1,870. The release also counted 28,780 employed household heads.
Full-time workers numbered 63,910 in December 2025, compared with 8,440 part-time workers. These figures identify the size of the two reported work-status groups without assigning a reason for working full time or part time.
Citizenship and veteran status provide additional views of employment. Employed U.S. citizens numbered 65,090, while employed immigrant aliens numbered 7,260. Employed veterans numbered 5,380.
The December release also reported unemployment rates for several of these categories. Adult women’s unemployment rate was 2.0%, and adult men’s unemployment rate was 2.5%. Full-time workers’ unemployment rate was 2.6%, while part-time workers’ unemployment rate was 6.7%. U.S. citizens’ unemployment rate was 3.1%, and immigrant aliens’ unemployment rate was 1.9%.
The reported counts and rates should be read with their category definitions and measurement date in mind. They are December 2025 Guam labor-market measures from the same unemployment situation release, not annual averages or forecasts.
Unemployment by group
The overall December 2025 unemployment rate was 3.1%, but the reported subgroup rates were not uniform. Adult women had a 2.0% unemployment rate, and adult men had a 2.5% rate. The rate for full-time workers was 2.6%.
Teenagers were reported separately, with 1,870 employed teenagers and a 23.4% unemployment rate in December 2025. This teenager rate is a specific subgroup measure and should not be used as a description of Guam’s overall unemployment rate.
Part-time workers had a 6.7% unemployment rate, compared with 2.6% for full-time workers. The December release counted 8,440 part-time workers and 63,910 full-time workers. The two counts and their corresponding rates provide a work-status view of the labor market at that point in time.
The citizenship categories also had different reported rates. U.S. citizens had a 3.1% unemployment rate, and immigrant aliens had a 1.9% unemployment rate. The employment counts were 65,090 U.S. citizens and 7,260 immigrant aliens.
Because the supplied release presents these as December 2025 measures, they should not be interpreted as a complete explanation of why rates differed among groups. The statistics show the reported levels, not causes, individual circumstances, or changes after December.
March-to-December 2025 movement
The March 2025 release, The Unemployment Situation on Guam: March 2025, reported 123,170 Guam residents age 16 and over. Guam’s unemployment rate was 3.4% in March 2025, down 0.5 percentage points from December 2024 and down 0.6 points from March 2024.
In March, the civilian labor force was 71,130, the labor force participation rate was 57.7%, and total employed persons numbered 68,710. The release counted 2,420 unemployed persons and 52,040 people not in the labor force.
The March release also reported 33,420 employed adult women, 33,130 employed adult men, and 2,160 employed teenagers. Employed household heads numbered 27,610. Full-time workers numbered 61,240, and part-time workers numbered 7,470. Employed veterans numbered 4,120.
| Measure | March 2025 | December 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Population or residents age 16 and over | 123,170 | 123,060 |
| Labor force participation rate | 57.7% | 60.6% |
| Civilian labor force | 71,130 | 74,590 |
| Employed persons | 68,710 | 72,350 |
| Unemployed persons | 2,420 | 2,280 |
| Unemployment rate | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| Not in the labor force | 52,040 | 48,470 |
Source: The Unemployment Situation on Guam: March 2025 and The Unemployment Situation on Guam: December 2025. The releases use different labels for the age-16-and-over population measure: “residents” in March and “civilian population” in December.
The March release counted 350 people who wanted a job but were not looking. It reported 0 people who believed no job was available, 0 people who said they could not find work, and 0 people citing family responsibility for not looking for work. These are March 2025 reported categories, not December 2025 estimates.
Where Guam’s private-sector jobs were
The June 2025 Current Employment Report counted 51,900 private-sector payroll jobs and 67,800 total payroll jobs. The private-sector total is a payroll-employment measure for June 2025, while the total payroll figure includes the broader reported payroll total.
Retail trade had 12,630 employees in June 2025. Services employment was 16,750, and hotels and other lodging places employed 6,110 workers. Manufacturing employment was 1,520.
Construction employment was 12,110 in June 2025. The construction total was reported alongside three component categories: general building contractors employed 10,190 workers, heavy construction excluding buildings employed 600 workers, and special trade contractors employed 1,320 workers.
The industry figures below are June 2025 payroll measures, not the December 2025 household-based employment counts.
| June 2025 payroll category | Employment |
|---|---|
| Total payroll employment | 67,800 |
| Private-sector payroll employment | 51,900 |
| Services | 16,750 |
| Retail trade | 12,630 |
| Construction | 12,110 |
| Hotels and other lodging places | 6,110 |
| Manufacturing | 1,520 |
Source: June 2025 Current Employment Report.
Construction, lodging, manufacturing, and services
Construction was one of the largest specifically reported private-sector categories in June 2025, with 12,110 workers. General building contractors accounted for a reported 10,190 workers within the construction breakdown. Heavy construction excluding buildings had 600 workers, and special trade contractors had 1,320 workers.
The report counted 6,110 workers in hotels and other lodging places. That measure gives a specific view of lodging employment in June 2025; it is not a count of all tourism-related work because no broader tourism total is provided here.
Manufacturing employment was 1,520 in June 2025. Services employment was 16,750, and retail trade employment was 12,630. These categories are presented as reported by the current employment report and should not be expanded into unsupported subcategories.
The private-sector payroll total was 51,900, while total payroll employment was 67,800. Both figures refer to June 2025 and measure payroll employment, so they are distinct from the unemployment rate, labor force participation rate, and household employment counts reported for March and December.
Hours and earnings
The June 2025 Current Employment Report reported private nonsupervisory average hourly earnings of $18.72. It also reported private nonsupervisory average weekly hours paid of 37.6 hours and private nonsupervisory average weekly earnings of $703.50.
These three measures describe different dimensions of private nonsupervisory payroll work in June 2025: an hourly earnings measure, a weekly-hours measure, and a weekly-earnings measure. The supplied figures do not establish an annual income, a household budget, or an individual worker’s pay.
Government of Guam average weekly earnings were $1,319.48 in June 2025. This is a reported government earnings measure and is not the same category as private nonsupervisory average weekly earnings of $703.50.
| June 2025 earnings and hours measure | Reported value |
|---|---|
| Private nonsupervisory average hourly earnings | $18.72 |
| Private nonsupervisory average weekly hours paid | 37.6 |
| Private nonsupervisory average weekly earnings | $703.50 |
| Government of Guam average weekly earnings | $1,319.48 |
The report also counted 4,010 federal government payroll jobs in June 2025. That federal payroll figure belongs to the payroll-employment side of the June report and should not be combined with the December civilian labor force count as if both were the same survey measure.
Taken together, the 2025 releases provide several complementary views of Guam’s labor market: December unemployment and participation, March labor-force status, June industry payrolls, and June hours and earnings. Each figure remains tied to its stated month, geography, category, and source.