Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,773
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$23,267
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,480
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
$90,040
Kept after tax
$66,773
Worth in national money
$61,480
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays this job a middle wage of $90,040, ranking 8 of 49 states and sitting about 14.92% above the national middle.
- Within Hawaii this is well-paid work. Of 437 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 103 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $90,040 the take-home is $66,773; in national-average money that behaves like $61,480. The average lands at $88,620, below the middle of the range.
- Hawaii's median for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other is $90,040, about 14.92% above the national figure and 8 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Hawaii publishes a median for, engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other sits 103 of 437 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Hawaii, on $90,040, is $66,773; deflated by the state's price level, $61,480. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $88,620 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,270 |
| This salary | $90,040 |
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 | $66,773 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,173 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,791 |
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 | $82,364 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,668 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $90,040 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,200 and the ninetieth is $120,270 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $66,773, from $90,040, 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 103 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 $61,480 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 103.
- The Hawaii median of $90,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,200 to $120,270. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $66,773 from $90,040. 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 103 of 437 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,480, worked from $90,040, 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 103 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $45,200 and the top tenth $120,270 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,480 — 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 $66,773.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($45,200) and the ninetieth ($120,270) 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 $61,480 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 $66,773 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.