Audio and Video Technicians in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,382
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$12,768
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,627
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
$60,150
Kept after tax
$47,382
Worth in national money
$43,627
State rank
12
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays audio and video technicians a middle wage of $60,150, ranking 12 of 49 states and sitting about 3.53% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Audio and video technicians ranks 237 among 437 occupations Hawaii publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,150 the take-home is $47,382. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $43,627 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $59,360, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Hawaii's median for audio and video technicians is $60,150, about 3.53% above the national figure and 12 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 237 of 437 in Hawaii places audio and video technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $47,382 for audio and video technicians, from $60,150. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,627. ⚠️ 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 $59,360 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Audio and Video Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,260 |
| This salary | $60,150 |
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 | $47,382 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,511 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,352 |
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 | $56,257 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,101 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,150 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,380 and the ninetieth is $84,260 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,382 take-home in Hawaii comes from $60,150. 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 237 of 437.
- Two cautions on $43,627, the adjusted value of that $60,150 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Hawaii. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 237 of 437 locally.
- The Hawaii median of $60,150 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,380 to $84,260. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $47,382, from $60,150, 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 237 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 49 for it.
- This $43,627 adjusted figure, worked from $60,150, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 237 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 237 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $35,380 and the top tenth $84,260 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Hawaii run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $43,627 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $47,382 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,380) and the ninetieth ($84,260) 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 $43,627 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 $47,382 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.