Carpet Installers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,335
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$12,375
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,662
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
$58,710
Kept after tax
$46,335
Worth in national money
$42,662
State rank
9
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for carpet installers is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $58,710, putting the state 9 of 45 — about 16.63% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Carpet installers ranks 254 among 437 occupations Hawaii publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $58,710, tax leaves $46,335 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $42,662 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,840.
- For carpet installers, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $58,710, ranking 9 of 45 and running about 16.63% 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.
- Position 254 of 437 in Hawaii places carpet installers 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.
- After tax, $46,335 remains from the Hawaii median of $58,710 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $42,662 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $56,840 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,140 |
| This salary | $58,710 |
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 | $46,335 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,353 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,126 |
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 | $54,953 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,828 |
| 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 $58,710. The published range is $46,920 up to $62,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,335 take-home in Hawaii comes from $58,710. 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 254 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,662, the adjusted value of that $58,710 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 254 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for carpet installers in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,920 to $62,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,335, from $58,710, 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 254 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $42,662 — the adjusted value of that $58,710 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 254 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $56,840, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,920 at the bottom tenth to $62,140 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 $42,662 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 $46,335 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $56,840. 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 ($46,920 to $62,140) 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 $42,662 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 $46,335 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.