Financial and Investment Analysts in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,660
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$24,980
26.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,138
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
$94,640
Kept after tax
$69,660
Worth in national money
$64,138
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $94,640, ranking 28 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Hawaii this is well-paid work. Of 437 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 95 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $94,640, tax leaves $69,660 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $64,138 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $97,010, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii occupies the middle band for financial and investment analysts: a median of $94,640, ranking 28 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Hawaii publishes a median for, financial and investment analysts sits 95 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.
- After tax, $69,660 remains from the Hawaii median of $94,640 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $64,138 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $97,010 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Financial and Investment Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $138,830 |
| This salary | $94,640 |
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 | $69,660 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,409 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,463 |
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 | $86,467 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,597 |
| 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 $94,640. The published range is $63,080 up to $138,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $69,660, worked from $94,640. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 95 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,138 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 95.
- Reported values are medians; for financial and investment analysts in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,080 to $138,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Hawaii take-home of $69,660, on $94,640 for work ranking 95 of 437 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 95 of 437 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,138, worked from $94,640, 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 95 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 $63,080 and the top tenth $138,830 — 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 $64,138 — 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, $69,660 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($63,080) and the ninetieth ($138,830) 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 $64,138 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 $69,660 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.