Demonstrators and Product Promoters in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,561
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$6,929
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,060
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
$38,490
Kept after tax
$31,561
Worth in national money
$29,060
State rank
18
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Hawaii pays this job around $38,490 at the midpoint, 18 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Measured against other jobs in Hawaii, this one sits low: 407 of 437 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $38,490, tax leaves $31,561 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,060 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $41,250, since top earners drag the number up.
- For demonstrators and product promoters the Hawaii median is $38,490, ranking 18 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Demonstrators and product promoters occupies position 407 of 437 in Hawaii's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $31,561 remains from the Hawaii median of $38,490 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,060 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $41,250 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Demonstrators and Product Promoters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,950 |
| This salary | $38,490 |
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 | $31,561 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,107 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,010 |
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 | $36,567 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,059 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,490 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,540 and the ninetieth is $46,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $31,561, worked from $38,490. 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 407 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,060, the adjusted value of that $38,490 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 407 of 437 in the state.
- The Hawaii median of $38,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,540 to $46,950. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Hawaii take-home of $31,561, on $38,490 for work ranking 407 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 407 of 437 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $29,060 — the adjusted value of that $38,490 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 407 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $41,250, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,540 at the bottom tenth to $46,950 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 $29,060 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 $31,561.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $41,250. 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 ($35,540 to $46,950) 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 $29,060 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 $31,561 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.