Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,540
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$13,950
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,534
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
$64,490
Kept after tax
$50,540
Worth in national money
$46,534
State rank
3
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for locksmiths and safe repairers is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $64,490, putting the state 3 of 48 — about 25.66% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 203.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $64,490, tax leaves $50,540 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,534 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,080.
- For locksmiths and safe repairers, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $64,490, ranking 3 of 48 and running about 25.66% 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.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, locksmiths and safe repairers sits at 203 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.
- After tax, $50,540 remains from the Hawaii median of $64,490 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,534 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $56,080 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,280 |
| This salary | $64,490 |
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 | $50,540 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,998 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,034 |
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 | $60,186 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,926 |
| 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 locksmiths and safe repairers in Hawaii earn under $64,490 and half over. The published range runs $30,720 at the tenth percentile to $82,280 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 $50,540, worked from $64,490. 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 203 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,534 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 203.
- Figures are distribution medians for locksmiths and safe repairers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,720 to $82,280; 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 $50,540, on $64,490 for work ranking 203 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 203 of 437 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,534, worked from $64,490, 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 203 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 $56,080, 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 $30,720 at the bottom tenth to $82,280 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Hawaii run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $46,534 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $50,540 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $56,080. 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 ($30,720) and the ninetieth ($82,280) 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 $46,534 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 $50,540 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.