Medical Transcriptionists in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,826
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$8,484
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,987
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
$44,310
Kept after tax
$35,826
Worth in national money
$32,987
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical transcriptionists is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $44,310, putting the state 16 of 50 — about 9.65% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Hawaii this is lower-paid work. Of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, medical transcriptionists ranks 378. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $44,310 the take-home is $35,826. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $32,987 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $42,880, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For medical transcriptionists, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,310, ranking 16 of 50 and running about 9.65% 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, medical transcriptionists ranks 378 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $35,826 for medical transcriptionists, from $44,310. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,987. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $42,880 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Transcriptionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,310 |
| This salary | $44,310 |
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 | $35,826 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,783 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,895 |
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 | $41,875 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,129 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,310 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,540 and the ninetieth is $52,310 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,826 take-home in Hawaii comes from $44,310. 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 378 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,987 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 378.
- The Hawaii median of $44,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,540 to $52,310. 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 $35,826, from $44,310, 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 378 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,987, worked from $44,310, 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 378 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 $42,880, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,540 and the top tenth $52,310, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Hawaii costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $32,987 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Hawaii then takes its own share, leaving $35,826.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $42,880. 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 ($31,540 to $52,310) 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 $32,987 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 $35,826 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.