First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,211
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$22,339
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,042
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
$87,550
Kept after tax
$65,211
Worth in national money
$60,042
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $87,550, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 9.63% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Hawaii. It ranks 108 out of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $87,550 the take-home is $65,211. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $60,042 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $93,640, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $87,550, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 9.63% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Hawaii, first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers ranks 108 of 437 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $65,211 for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, from $87,550. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $60,042. ⚠️ 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 $93,640 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,830 |
| This salary | $87,550 |
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 | $65,211 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,421 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,427 |
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 | $80,143 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,165 |
| 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 $87,550. The published range is $55,750 up to $133,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $65,211, from $87,550, 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 108 of 437 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $60,042, the adjusted value of that $87,550 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 108 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,750 to $133,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $65,211 from $87,550. 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 108 of 437 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $60,042 — the adjusted value of that $87,550 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 108 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $93,640 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $55,750, the highest tenth $133,830, 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 $60,042 — 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, $65,211 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.
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 $93,640. 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 ($55,750) and the ninetieth ($133,830) 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 $60,042 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 $65,211 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.