Bakers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,582
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$9,128
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,603
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
$46,710
Kept after tax
$37,582
Worth in national money
$34,603
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for bakers. The middle earner takes $46,710, which ranks 1 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 25.7% above the national middle.
- Within Hawaii this is lower-paid work. Of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, bakers ranks 351. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $46,710, tax leaves $37,582 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,603 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $48,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii ranks 1 of 51 states publishing a median for bakers, at $46,710 — about 25.7% 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.
- Against every occupation Hawaii reports, bakers ranks 351 of 437, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $37,582 remains from the Hawaii median of $46,710 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,603 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $48,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,080 |
| This salary | $46,710 |
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 | $37,582 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,711 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,263 |
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 | $44,060 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,574 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,710 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,220 and the ninetieth is $66,080 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $37,582, from $46,710, 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 351 of 437 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,603, the adjusted value of that $46,710 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 351 of 437 locally.
- The Hawaii median of $46,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,220 to $66,080. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,582 from $46,710. 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 351 of 437 locally.
- This $34,603 adjusted figure, worked from $46,710, 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 351 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 351 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 $48,390 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $32,220 at the bottom tenth to $66,080 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 $34,603 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 $37,582 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 $48,390. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,220) and the ninetieth ($66,080) 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 $34,603 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 $37,582 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.