Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,874
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$21,546
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,811
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
$85,420
Kept after tax
$63,874
Worth in national money
$58,811
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for healthcare social workers. The middle earner takes $85,420, which ranks 3 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 25.84% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Healthcare social workers ranks 111 among 437 occupations Hawaii publishes pay for.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $85,420 the take-home is $63,874; in national-average money that behaves like $58,811. The average lands at $82,370, below the middle of the range.
- Hawaii ranks 3 of 51 states publishing a median for healthcare social workers, at $85,420 — about 25.84% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 111 of 437 in Hawaii places healthcare social workers 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.
- Take-home for healthcare social workers in Hawaii, on $85,420, is $63,874; deflated by the state's price level, $58,811. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $82,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,670 |
| This salary | $85,420 |
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 | $63,874 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,923 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,115 |
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 | $78,243 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,735 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of healthcare social workers in Hawaii earn under $85,420 and half over. The published range runs $51,570 at the tenth percentile to $102,670 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $63,874, from $85,420, 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 111 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 $58,811, the adjusted value of that $85,420 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 111 of 437 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for healthcare social workers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,570 to $102,670; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $63,874 from $85,420. 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 111 of 437 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $58,811 — the adjusted value of that $85,420 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 111 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 $82,370 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,570 at the tenth percentile, $102,670 at the ninetieth.
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 $58,811 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $63,874.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $82,370. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,570 to $102,670) 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 $58,811 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 $63,874 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.