Education Administrators, All Other in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,417
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$17,713
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,866
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
$75,130
Kept after tax
$57,417
Worth in national money
$52,866
State rank
47
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Hawaii pays this job a middle wage of $75,130, 47 of 49 states and about 21.08% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Hawaii, this sits in the middle: 164 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 $75,130 the take-home is $57,417. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $52,866 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $80,260, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Hawaii's $75,130 median for education administrators, all other places it 47 of 49 states, about 21.08% 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.
- Education administrators, all other ranks 164 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 $57,417 for education administrators, all other, from $75,130. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,866. ⚠️ 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 $80,260 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,580 |
| This salary | $75,130 |
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 | $57,417 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,684 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,611 |
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 | $69,065 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,907 |
| 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 $75,130. The published range is $44,850 up to $127,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $57,417 take-home in Hawaii comes from $75,130. 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 164 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,866 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 164.
- Reported values are medians; for education administrators, all other in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,850 to $127,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $57,417, from $75,130, 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 164 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,866, worked from $75,130, 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 164 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 $80,260, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $44,850, the highest tenth $127,580, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $52,866 — 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, $57,417 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $80,260. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,850) and the ninetieth ($127,580) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $52,866 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 $57,417 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.