Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,297
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$9,023
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,340
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
$46,320
Kept after tax
$37,297
Worth in national money
$34,340
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays this job a middle wage of $46,320, ranking 2 of 50 states and sitting about 16.88% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Hawaii, this one sits low: 353 of 437 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $46,320, tax leaves $37,297 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,340 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $48,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii's median for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers is $46,320, about 16.88% above the national figure and 2 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers occupies position 353 of 437 in Hawaii's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $37,297 remains from the Hawaii median of $46,320 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,340 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $48,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,580 |
| This salary | $46,320 |
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 | $37,297 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,398 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,203 |
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 | $43,705 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,502 |
| 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 $46,320. The published range is $35,620 up to $61,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,297 take-home in Hawaii comes from $46,320. 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 353 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,340, the adjusted value of that $46,320 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 353 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,620 to $61,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,297, from $46,320, 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 353 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $34,340 — the adjusted value of that $46,320 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 353 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 $48,160 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,620 at the bottom tenth to $61,580 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,340 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $37,297 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $48,160. 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 ($35,620 to $61,580) 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 $34,340 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 $37,297 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.