Light Truck Drivers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,011
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$8,919
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,078
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
$45,930
Kept after tax
$37,011
Worth in national money
$34,078
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays light truck drivers a middle wage of $45,930, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 2.39% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Hawaii, this one sits low: 361 of 437 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $45,930 the take-home is $37,011; in national-average money that behaves like $34,078. The average comes to $51,340, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii's median for light truck drivers is $45,930, about 2.39% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Light truck drivers occupies position 361 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.
- Take-home for light truck drivers in Hawaii, on $45,930, is $37,011; deflated by the state's price level, $34,078. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $51,340 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Light Truck Drivers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,100 |
| This salary | $45,930 |
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 | $37,011 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,085 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,143 |
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 | $43,350 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,430 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,930 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,740 and the ninetieth is $85,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,011 take-home in Hawaii comes from $45,930. 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 361 of 437.
- Two cautions on $34,078, the adjusted value of that $45,930 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 361 of 437 locally.
- The Hawaii median of $45,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,740 to $85,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $37,011, from $45,930, 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 361 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- This $34,078 adjusted figure, worked from $45,930, 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 361 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 361 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 $51,340, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $34,740 at the bottom tenth to $85,100 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 $34,078 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, $37,011 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 $51,340. 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 ($34,740) and the ninetieth ($85,100) 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 $34,078 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 $37,011 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.