Industrial Machinery Mechanics in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,798
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$18,532
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,137
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
$77,330
Kept after tax
$58,798
Worth in national money
$54,137
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $77,330, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 19.85% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 153.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $77,330 the take-home is $58,798. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $54,137 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $82,700, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Hawaii ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for industrial machinery mechanics, at $77,330 — about 19.85% 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.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, industrial machinery mechanics sits at 153 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $58,798 for industrial machinery mechanics, from $77,330. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,137. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $82,700 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,520 |
| This salary | $77,330 |
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 | $58,798 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,232 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,933 |
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 | $71,027 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,570 |
| 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 $77,330. The published range is $50,960 up to $117,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,798 take-home in Hawaii comes from $77,330. 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 153 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,137 uses one figure for the whole of Hawaii. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 437 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 153.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial machinery mechanics in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,960 to $117,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,798, from $77,330, 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 153 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,137, worked from $77,330, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Hawaii address, on work sitting at 153 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 $82,700, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $50,960 at the bottom tenth to $117,520 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Hawaii costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $54,137 rather than its face figure.
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, $58,798 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $82,700. 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 ($50,960) and the ninetieth ($117,520) 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 $54,137 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 $58,798 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.