Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,238
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$14,212
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,177
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
$65,450
Kept after tax
$51,238
Worth in national money
$47,177
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $65,450, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 7.28% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 198.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $65,450, tax leaves $51,238 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $47,177 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $67,070, since top earners drag the number up.
- For heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $65,450, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 7.28% 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.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers sits at 198 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, $51,238 remains from the Hawaii median of $65,450 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $47,177 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $67,070 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,430 |
| This salary | $65,450 |
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 | $51,238 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,769 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,185 |
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 | $61,055 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,108 |
| 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 heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in Hawaii earn under $65,450 and half over. The published range runs $43,120 at the tenth percentile to $99,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $51,238 take-home in Hawaii comes from $65,450. 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 198 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,177, the adjusted value of that $65,450 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 198 of 437 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,120 to $99,430; 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.
- Retained pay of $51,238, from $65,450, 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 198 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $47,177 — the adjusted value of that $65,450 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 198 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $43,120 at the bottom tenth to $99,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $47,177 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Hawaii adds its own income tax on top — which is why $51,238 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,120) and the ninetieth ($99,430) 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 $47,177 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 $51,238 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.