Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,113
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$15,157
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,903
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
$68,270
Kept after tax
$53,113
Worth in national money
$48,903
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $68,270, which ranks 9 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 14.64% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Hawaii, this sits in the middle: 187 of 437 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $68,270 the take-home is $53,113; in national-average money that behaves like $48,903. The average comes to $69,450, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii ranks 9 of 51 states publishing a median for child, family, and school social workers, at $68,270 — about 14.64% 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.
- Child, family, and school social workers ranks 187 of 437 occupations in Hawaii by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for child, family, and school social workers in Hawaii, on $68,270, is $53,113; deflated by the state's price level, $48,903. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $69,450 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Child, Family, and School Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,430 |
| This salary | $68,270 |
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 | $53,113 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,858 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,608 |
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 | $63,388 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,841 |
| 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 child, family, and school social workers in Hawaii earn under $68,270 and half over. The published range runs $46,840 at the tenth percentile to $93,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $53,113 take-home in Hawaii comes from $68,270. 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 187 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,903 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 187.
- Figures are distribution medians for child, family, and school social workers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,840 to $93,430; 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.
- Retained pay of $53,113, from $68,270, 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 187 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,903, worked from $68,270, 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 187 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,840 at the tenth percentile, $93,430 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,903 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $53,113 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,840 to $93,430) 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 $48,903 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 $53,113 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.