Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,444
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$25,446
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,860
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
$95,890
Kept after tax
$70,444
Worth in national money
$64,860
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays this job a middle wage of $95,890, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 68.17% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 437 occupations Hawaii reports, this job comes in at 92 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $95,890 the take-home is $70,444; in national-average money that behaves like $64,860. The average lands at $85,470, below the middle of the range.
- Hawaii's median for cement masons and concrete finishers is $95,890, about 68.17% above the national figure and 1 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Cement masons and concrete finishers ranks 92 of 437 occupations by median in Hawaii, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for cement masons and concrete finishers in Hawaii, on $95,890, is $70,444; deflated by the state's price level, $64,860. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $85,470 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,230 |
| This salary | $95,890 |
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 | $70,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,646 |
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 | $87,582 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,849 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of cement masons and concrete finishers in Hawaii earn under $95,890 and half over. The published range runs $49,030 at the tenth percentile to $110,230 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $70,444, from $95,890, 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 92 of 437 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,860, the adjusted value of that $95,890 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 92 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cement masons and concrete finishers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,030 to $110,230; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $70,444 from $95,890. 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 92 of 437 locally.
- This $64,860 adjusted figure, worked from $95,890, 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 92 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 92 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 $85,470, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,030 at the tenth percentile, $110,230 at the ninetieth.
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 $64,860 of national purchasing power.
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, $70,444 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $85,470. 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 ($49,030 to $110,230) 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 $64,860 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 $70,444 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.