New report says increases are expected primarily in areas such as food preparation, transportation and health care support — all lower-paying work.

Hawaiʻi is projected to add 41,200 jobs over the next eight years, according to a new analysis by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations that is intended in part as a guide for “students and jobseekers who are making career decisions.”

The employment forecast characterized that 6% employment growth rate over eight years as moderate and noted that nearly all industries are expected to expand, with the health care, food service and transportation industries leading the gains. The industries expected to lose jobs would be government; retail trade; and agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

However, the three occupational

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