Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,988
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$6,722
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,531
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
$37,710
Kept after tax
$30,988
Worth in national money
$28,531
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $37,710, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 2.36% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Hawaii this is lower-paid work. Of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 415. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $37,710, tax leaves $30,988 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $28,531 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $40,430, since top earners drag the number up.
- For janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $37,710, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 2.36% 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.
- Against every occupation Hawaii reports, janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ranks 415 of 437, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $30,988 remains from the Hawaii median of $37,710 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $28,531 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $40,430 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,770 |
| This salary | $37,710 |
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 | $30,988 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,480 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,893 |
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 | $35,853 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,917 |
| 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 $37,710. The published range is $29,120 up to $51,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $30,988, from $37,710, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 415 of 437 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,531, the adjusted value of that $37,710 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 415 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,120 to $51,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,988 from $37,710. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 415 of 437 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $28,531 — the adjusted value of that $37,710 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 415 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 $40,430, 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 $29,120 at the bottom tenth to $51,770 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 $28,531 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, $30,988 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 $40,430. 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 ($29,120 to $51,770) 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 $28,531 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 $30,988 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.