Helpers--Electricians in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,445
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$9,445
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,398
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
$47,890
Kept after tax
$38,445
Worth in national money
$35,398
State rank
10
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays helpers--electricians a middle wage of $47,890, ranking 10 of 47 states and sitting about 12.23% above the national middle.
- Against 437 occupations Hawaii publishes, helpers--electricians lands at 338. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $47,890, tax leaves $38,445 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $35,398 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $50,180, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii's median for helpers--electricians is $47,890, about 12.23% above the national figure and 10 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Hawaii, this work ranks 338 of 437 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $38,445 remains from the Hawaii median of $47,890 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $35,398 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $50,180 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,140 |
| This salary | $47,890 |
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 | $38,445 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,660 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,444 |
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 | $45,134 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,793 |
| 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 helpers--electricians in Hawaii earn under $47,890 and half over. The published range runs $42,320 at the tenth percentile to $60,140 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $38,445, worked from $47,890. 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 338 of 437.
- Two cautions on $35,398, the adjusted value of that $47,890 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 338 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for helpers--electricians in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,320 to $60,140; 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.
- The Hawaii take-home of $38,445, on $47,890 for work ranking 338 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 338 of 437 in the state.
- This $35,398 adjusted figure, worked from $47,890, 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 338 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 338 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $50,180, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,320 at the bottom tenth to $60,140 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $35,398 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 $38,445.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $50,180. 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 ($42,320 to $60,140) 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 $35,398 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 $38,445 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.