Legal Support Workers, All Other in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,114
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$13,416
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,221
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
$62,530
Kept after tax
$49,114
Worth in national money
$45,221
State rank
30
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii sits in the middle of the pack for legal support workers, all other. The median is $62,530, ranking 30 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 224.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $62,530 the take-home is $49,114; in national-average money that behaves like $45,221. The average comes to $85,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii occupies the middle band for legal support workers, all other: a median of $62,530, ranking 30 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, legal support workers, all other sits at 224 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.
- Take-home for legal support workers, all other in Hawaii, on $62,530, is $49,114; deflated by the state's price level, $45,221. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $85,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Legal Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $142,080 |
| This salary | $62,530 |
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 | $49,114 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,423 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,726 |
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 | $58,412 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,553 |
| 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 $62,530. The published range is $52,960 up to $142,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $49,114 take-home in Hawaii comes from $62,530. 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 224 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,221 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 224.
- Reported values are medians; for legal support workers, all other in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,960 to $142,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $49,114, from $62,530, 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 224 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,221, worked from $62,530, 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 224 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 $85,360, 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 $52,960 at the bottom tenth to $142,080 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $45,221 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Hawaii adds its own income tax on top — which is why $49,114 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $85,360. 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 ($52,960) and the ninetieth ($142,080) 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 $45,221 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 $49,114 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.