General and Operations Managers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,156
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$30,024
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,961
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
$108,180
Kept after tax
$78,156
Worth in national money
$71,961
State rank
18
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 $108,180, ranking 18 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 60 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $108,180, tax leaves $78,156 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $71,961 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $128,130, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii occupies the middle band for general and operations managers: a median of $108,180, ranking 18 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, general and operations managers sits 60 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, $78,156 remains from the Hawaii median of $108,180 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $71,961 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $128,130 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $217,160 |
| This salary | $108,180 |
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 | $78,156 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,935 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,443 |
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 | $98,545 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,331 |
| 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 $108,180. The published range is $53,230 up to $217,160, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $78,156 take-home in Hawaii comes from $108,180. 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 60 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,961, the adjusted value of that $108,180 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 60 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for general and operations managers in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,230 to $217,160. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $78,156, from $108,180, 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 60 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $71,961 — the adjusted value of that $108,180 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 60 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 $128,130 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $53,230 and the top tenth $217,160 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $71,961 of national purchasing power.
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, $78,156 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 $128,130. 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 ($53,230) and the ninetieth ($217,160) 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 $71,961 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 $78,156 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.