Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,444
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$10,546
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,159
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
$51,990
Kept after tax
$41,444
Worth in national money
$38,159
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $51,990, which ranks 11 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 7.75% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 296.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $51,990 the take-home is $41,444. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $38,159 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $54,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Hawaii ranks 11 of 50 states publishing a median for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders, at $51,990 — about 7.75% 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.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 296 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $41,444 for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders, from $51,990. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,159. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $54,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,570 |
| This salary | $51,990 |
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 | $41,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,954 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,073 |
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 | $48,867 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,554 |
| 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 coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Hawaii earn under $51,990 and half over. The published range runs $39,520 at the tenth percentile to $69,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $41,444, worked from $51,990. 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 296 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,159, the adjusted value of that $51,990 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 296 of 437 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,520 to $69,570; 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.
- The Hawaii take-home of $41,444, on $51,990 for work ranking 296 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 296 of 437 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $38,159 — the adjusted value of that $51,990 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 296 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 $54,860, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,520 and the top tenth $69,570, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $38,159 rather than its face figure.
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 $41,444 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 50 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 $54,860. 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 ($39,520 to $69,570) 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 $38,159 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 $41,444 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.
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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.