Biological Technicians in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,089
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$9,681
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,990
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
$48,770
Kept after tax
$39,089
Worth in national money
$35,990
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for biological technicians is on the low side in Hawaii. The middle earner gets $48,770. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 15.2% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 437 occupations Hawaii publishes, biological technicians lands at 328. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $48,770 the take-home is $39,089; in national-average money that behaves like $35,990. The average comes to $49,080, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For biological technicians, Hawaii sits in the lower band at $48,770, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.2%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Hawaii, this work ranks 328 of 437 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for biological technicians in Hawaii, on $48,770, is $39,089; deflated by the state's price level, $35,990. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $49,080 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,520 |
| This salary | $48,770 |
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 | $39,089 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,367 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,579 |
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 | $45,935 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,956 |
| 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 $48,770. The published range is $36,090 up to $63,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $39,089, worked from $48,770. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 328 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,990 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 328.
- Reported values are medians; for biological technicians in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,090 to $63,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Hawaii take-home of $39,089, on $48,770 for work ranking 328 of 437 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 328 of 437 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,990, worked from $48,770, 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 328 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,090 at the tenth percentile, $63,520 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Hawaii costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $35,990 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Hawaii then takes its own share, leaving $39,089.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,090 to $63,520) 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 $35,990 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 $39,089 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.