Construction Laborers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,660
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$18,450
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,010
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
$77,110
Kept after tax
$58,660
Worth in national money
$54,010
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for construction laborers. The middle earner takes $77,110, which ranks 1 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 63.65% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Hawaii, this sits in the middle: 156 of 437 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $77,110 the take-home is $58,660. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $54,010 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $71,520, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Hawaii ranks 1 of 51 states publishing a median for construction laborers, at $77,110 — about 63.65% 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.
- Construction laborers ranks 156 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $58,660 for construction laborers, from $77,110. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,010. ⚠️ 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 $71,520 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Construction Laborers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,490 |
| This salary | $77,110 |
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 | $58,660 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,077 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,901 |
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 | $70,831 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,504 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,110 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,990 and the ninetieth is $96,490 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $58,660 take-home in Hawaii comes from $77,110. 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 156 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,010 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 156.
- The Hawaii median of $77,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,990 to $96,490. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $58,660, from $77,110, 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 156 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,010, worked from $77,110, 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 156 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 $71,520 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $43,990 and the top tenth $96,490, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $54,010 — 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, $58,660 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.
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 $71,520. 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 ($43,990 to $96,490) 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 $54,010 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 $58,660 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.