Dietetic Technicians in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,292
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$8,288
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,495
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
$43,580
Kept after tax
$35,292
Worth in national money
$32,495
State rank
8
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for dietetic technicians. The middle earner takes $43,580, which ranks 8 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 15.78% above the national middle.
- Within Hawaii this is lower-paid work. Of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, dietetic technicians ranks 385. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $43,580 the take-home is $35,292; in national-average money that behaves like $32,495. The average comes to $43,670, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii ranks 8 of 45 states publishing a median for dietetic technicians, at $43,580 — about 15.78% 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.
- Against every occupation Hawaii reports, dietetic technicians ranks 385 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.
- Take-home for dietetic technicians in Hawaii, on $43,580, is $35,292; deflated by the state's price level, $32,495. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $43,670 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,460 |
| This salary | $43,580 |
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 | $35,292 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,197 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,783 |
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 | $41,210 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,994 |
| 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 dietetic technicians in Hawaii earn under $43,580 and half over. The published range runs $34,820 at the tenth percentile to $53,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $35,292, from $43,580, 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 385 of 437 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $32,495, the adjusted value of that $43,580 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 385 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dietetic technicians in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,820 to $53,460; 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.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,292 from $43,580. 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 385 of 437 locally.
- This $32,495 adjusted figure, worked from $43,580, 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 385 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 385 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,820 at the tenth percentile, $53,460 at the ninetieth.
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 $32,495 rather than its face figure.
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, $35,292 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,820 to $53,460) 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 $32,495 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 $35,292 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.