Computer and Information Systems Managers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,719
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$42,921
30.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,894
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
$141,640
Kept after tax
$98,719
Worth in national money
$90,894
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Hawaii pays this job a middle wage of $141,640, 38 of 51 states and about 19.13% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 437 occupations Hawaii reports, this job comes in at 13 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $141,640, tax leaves $98,719 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $90,894 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $155,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii's $141,640 median for computer and information systems managers places it 38 of 51 states, about 19.13% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Computer and information systems managers ranks 13 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.
- After tax, $98,719 remains from the Hawaii median of $141,640 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $90,894 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $155,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer and Information Systems Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $103,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $141,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $229,880 |
| This salary | $141,640 |
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 | $98,719 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $108,077 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$20,325 |
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 | $127,948 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$28,639 |
| 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 $141,640. The published range is $103,200 up to $229,880, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $98,719 take-home in Hawaii comes from $141,640. 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 13 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $90,894, the adjusted value of that $141,640 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 13 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for computer and information systems managers in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $103,200 to $229,880. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $98,719, from $141,640, 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 13 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $90,894 — the adjusted value of that $141,640 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 13 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 $155,230, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $103,200, the highest tenth $229,880, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $90,894 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 $98,719 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $155,230. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($103,200) and the ninetieth ($229,880) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $90,894 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 $98,719 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.