Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,492
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$27,848
27.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,587
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
$102,340
Kept after tax
$74,492
Worth in national money
$68,587
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $102,340, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.08% above the national middle.
- Within Hawaii this is well-paid work. Of 437 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 72 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $102,340, tax leaves $74,492 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $68,587 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $96,790.
- Hawaii ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for architects, except landscape and naval, at $102,340 — about 3.08% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Hawaii publishes a median for, architects, except landscape and naval sits 72 of 437 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $74,492 remains from the Hawaii median of $102,340 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $68,587 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $96,790 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,680 |
| This salary | $102,340 |
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 | $74,492 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,826 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,589 |
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 | $93,336 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,152 |
| 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 $102,340. The published range is $61,080 up to $128,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $74,492, from $102,340, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 72 of 437 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,587 uses one figure for the whole of Hawaii. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 437 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 72.
- Reported values are medians; for architects, except landscape and naval in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,080 to $128,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,492 from $102,340. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 72 of 437 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,587, worked from $102,340, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Hawaii address, on work sitting at 72 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $96,790 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $61,080 at the bottom tenth to $128,680 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $68,587 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Hawaii adds its own income tax on top — which is why $74,492 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Hawaii is $96,790. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,080 to $128,680) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Hawaii rather than a national figure.
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 $68,587 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 $74,492 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.