Instructional Coordinators in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,563
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$25,517
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,970
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
$96,080
Kept after tax
$70,563
Worth in national money
$64,970
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for instructional coordinators is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $96,080, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 24.07% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Hawaii. It ranks 91 out of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $96,080 the take-home is $70,563; in national-average money that behaves like $64,970. The average lands at $92,940, below the middle of the range.
- For instructional coordinators, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $96,080, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 24.07% 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.
- Within Hawaii, instructional coordinators ranks 91 of 437 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for instructional coordinators in Hawaii, on $96,080, is $70,563; deflated by the state's price level, $64,970. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $92,940 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Instructional Coordinators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,810 |
| This salary | $96,080 |
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 | $70,563 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,422 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,674 |
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 | $87,752 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,888 |
| 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 instructional coordinators in Hawaii earn under $96,080 and half over. The published range runs $60,870 at the tenth percentile to $122,810 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 $70,563, worked from $96,080. 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 91 of 437.
- Two cautions on $64,970, the adjusted value of that $96,080 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 91 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for instructional coordinators in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,870 to $122,810; 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 $70,563, on $96,080 for work ranking 91 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 91 of 437 in the state.
- This $64,970 adjusted figure, worked from $96,080, 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 91 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 91 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $92,940, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $60,870 at the tenth percentile, $122,810 at the ninetieth.
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 $64,970 of national purchasing power.
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, $70,563 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $92,940. 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 ($60,870 to $122,810) 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 $64,970 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 $70,563 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.