Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,896
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$19,184
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,148
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
$79,080
Kept after tax
$59,896
Worth in national money
$55,148
State rank
15
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 $79,080, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 1.38% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 145.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,080, tax leaves $59,896 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $55,148 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $80,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii's median for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators is $79,080, about 1.38% above the national figure and 15 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.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators sits at 145 of 437 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $59,896 remains from the Hawaii median of $79,080 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $55,148 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $80,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,690 |
| This salary | $79,080 |
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 | $59,896 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,463 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,189 |
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 | $72,588 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,097 |
| 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 $79,080. The published range is $51,830 up to $106,690, 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 $59,896, worked from $79,080. 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 145 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,148 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 145.
- Reported values are medians; for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,830 to $106,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Hawaii take-home of $59,896, on $79,080 for work ranking 145 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 145 of 437 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,148, worked from $79,080, 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 145 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,830 at the bottom tenth to $106,690 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $55,148 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 $59,896.
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 ($51,830 to $106,690) 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 $55,148 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 $59,896 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.