Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,098
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$11,912
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,523
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
$57,010
Kept after tax
$45,098
Worth in national money
$41,523
State rank
19
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $57,010, ranking 19 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 268 among 437 occupations Hawaii publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $57,010 the take-home is $45,098. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $41,523 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $55,840, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Hawaii occupies the middle band for environmental science and protection technicians, including health: a median of $57,010, ranking 19 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 268 of 437 in Hawaii places environmental science and protection technicians, including health in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $45,098 for environmental science and protection technicians, including health, from $57,010. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,523. ⚠️ 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 $55,840 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,810 |
| This salary | $57,010 |
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 | $45,098 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,988 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,859 |
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 | $53,414 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,505 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,010 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,290 and the ninetieth is $67,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $45,098 take-home in Hawaii comes from $57,010. 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 268 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,523 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 268.
- The Hawaii median of $57,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,290 to $67,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $45,098, from $57,010, 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 268 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,523, worked from $57,010, 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 268 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,290 and the top tenth $67,810, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $41,523 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, $45,098 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,290 to $67,810) 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 $41,523 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 $45,098 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.