Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,269
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$23,561
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,937
Hawaii costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Hawaii — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$90,830
Kept after tax
$67,269
Worth in national money
$61,937
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $90,830, which ranks 9 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 13.72% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 437 occupations Hawaii reports, this job comes in at 102 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $90,830 the take-home is $67,269. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $61,937 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $91,830, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Hawaii ranks 9 of 50 states publishing a median for aircraft mechanics and service technicians, at $90,830 — about 13.72% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ranks 102 of 437 occupations by median in Hawaii, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $67,269 for aircraft mechanics and service technicians, from $90,830. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $61,937. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $91,830 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,560 |
| This salary | $90,830 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Hawaii | $67,269 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,729 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,906 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $83,069 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,828 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Hawaii earn less than $90,830. The published range is $62,570 up to $130,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $67,269 take-home in Hawaii comes from $90,830. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 102 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,937, the adjusted value of that $90,830 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 102 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,570 to $130,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $67,269, from $90,830, assumes a single Hawaii filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 102 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $61,937 — the adjusted value of that $90,830 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 102 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $62,570 at the bottom tenth to $130,560 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $61,937 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Hawaii's own levy, $67,269 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($62,570) and the ninetieth ($130,560) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Hawaii's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $61,937 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $67,269 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Hawaii income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.