Dental Laboratory Technicians in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,551
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$8,749
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,653
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
$45,300
Kept after tax
$36,551
Worth in national money
$33,653
State rank
42
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Hawaii pays this job a middle wage of $45,300, 42 of 46 states and about 8.69% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Hawaii this is lower-paid work. Of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 369. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $45,300, tax leaves $36,551 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $33,653 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $47,560, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii's $45,300 median for dental laboratory technicians places it 42 of 46 states, about 8.69% 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.
- Against every occupation Hawaii reports, dental laboratory technicians ranks 369 of 437, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $36,551 remains from the Hawaii median of $45,300 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $33,653 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $47,560 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dental Laboratory Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,460 |
| This salary | $45,300 |
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 | $36,551 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,579 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,047 |
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 | $42,776 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,313 |
| 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 $45,300. The published range is $37,220 up to $65,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $36,551, from $45,300, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 369 of 437 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,653 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 369.
- Reported values are medians; for dental laboratory technicians in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,220 to $65,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,551 from $45,300. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 369 of 437 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,653, worked from $45,300, 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 369 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 $47,560, 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 $37,220 at the bottom tenth to $65,460 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $33,653 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $36,551.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 $47,560. 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 ($37,220 to $65,460) 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 $33,653 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 $36,551 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.