Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,402
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$20,078
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,535
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
$81,480
Kept after tax
$61,402
Worth in national money
$56,535
State rank
43
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Hawaii. The middle earner gets $81,480. That is 43 of 50 states, and about 24.07% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 127.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $81,480, tax leaves $61,402 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $56,535 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $113,980, since top earners drag the number up.
- For health specialties teachers, postsecondary, Hawaii sits in the lower band at $81,480, ranking 43 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 24.07%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, health specialties teachers, postsecondary sits at 127 of 437 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $61,402 remains from the Hawaii median of $81,480 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $56,535 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $113,980 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $215,140 |
| This salary | $81,480 |
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 | $61,402 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,151 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,539 |
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 | $74,729 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,820 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,480 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,490 and the ninetieth is $215,140 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $61,402, worked from $81,480. 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 127 of 437.
- Two cautions on $56,535, the adjusted value of that $81,480 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Hawaii. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 127 of 437 locally.
- The Hawaii median of $81,480 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,490 to $215,140. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Hawaii take-home of $61,402, on $81,480 for work ranking 127 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 127 of 437 in the state.
- This $56,535 adjusted figure, worked from $81,480, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 127 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 127 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 $113,980 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 $39,490, the highest tenth $215,140, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $56,535 of national purchasing power.
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 $61,402.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $113,980. 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 ($39,490) and the ninetieth ($215,140) 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 $56,535 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 $61,402 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.