Computer Programmers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,431
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$33,749
28.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,739
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
$118,180
Kept after tax
$84,431
Worth in national money
$77,739
State rank
6
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays computer programmers a middle wage of $118,180, ranking 6 of 46 states and sitting about 17.72% above the national middle.
- Within Hawaii this is well-paid work. Of 437 occupations with published figures in the state, computer programmers ranks 43 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $118,180 the take-home is $84,431; in national-average money that behaves like $77,739. The average lands at $111,530, below the middle of the range.
- Hawaii's median for computer programmers is $118,180, about 17.72% above the national figure and 6 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Hawaii publishes a median for, computer programmers sits 43 of 437 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for computer programmers in Hawaii, on $118,180, is $84,431; deflated by the state's price level, $77,739. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $111,530 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Computer Programmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $118,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $151,820 |
| This salary | $118,180 |
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 | $84,431 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,970 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,905 |
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 | $107,464 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,351 |
| 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 computer programmers in Hawaii earn under $118,180 and half over. The published range runs $75,450 at the tenth percentile to $151,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $84,431 take-home in Hawaii comes from $118,180. 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 43 of 437.
- Two cautions on $77,739, the adjusted value of that $118,180 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 43 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer programmers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $75,450 to $151,820; 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 $84,431, from $118,180, 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 43 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 46 for it.
- This $77,739 adjusted figure, worked from $118,180, 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 43 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 43 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $111,530 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,450 at the tenth percentile, $151,820 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 $77,739 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $84,431 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $111,530. 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 ($75,450 to $151,820) 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 $77,739 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 $84,431 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.