Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,384
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$31,346
28.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,012
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
$111,730
Kept after tax
$80,384
Worth in national money
$74,012
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $111,730, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 50.36% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Hawaii this is well-paid work. Of 437 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 55 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $111,730, tax leaves $80,384 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $74,012 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $98,250.
- For cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $111,730, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 50.36% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Hawaii publishes a median for, cardiovascular technologists and technicians sits 55 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, $80,384 remains from the Hawaii median of $111,730 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $74,012 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $98,250 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $111,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,860 |
| This salary | $111,730 |
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 | $80,384 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,432 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,962 |
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 | $101,711 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$22,048 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $111,730 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,520 and the ninetieth is $132,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $80,384, from $111,730, 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 55 of 437 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $74,012, the adjusted value of that $111,730 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 55 of 437 locally.
- The Hawaii median of $111,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,520 to $132,860. 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 $80,384 from $111,730. 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 55 of 437 locally.
- This $74,012 adjusted figure, worked from $111,730, 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 55 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 55 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $98,250, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $50,520 at the bottom tenth to $132,860 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $74,012 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $80,384 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 $98,250. 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 ($50,520) and the ninetieth ($132,860) 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 $74,012 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 $80,384 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.