Natural Sciences Managers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,924
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$29,886
27.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,747
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
$107,810
Kept after tax
$77,924
Worth in national money
$71,747
State rank
48
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for natural sciences managers is on the low side in Hawaii. The middle earner gets $107,810. That is 48 of 48 states, and about 35.53% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Hawaii this is well-paid work. Of 437 occupations with published figures in the state, natural sciences managers ranks 63 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $107,810 the take-home is $77,924; in national-average money that behaves like $71,747. The average comes to $111,710, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For natural sciences managers, Hawaii sits in the lower band at $107,810, ranking 48 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 35.53%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Hawaii publishes a median for, natural sciences managers sits 63 of 437 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for natural sciences managers in Hawaii, on $107,810, is $77,924; deflated by the state's price level, $71,747. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $111,710 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,680 |
| This salary | $107,810 |
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 | $77,924 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,674 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,389 |
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 | $98,215 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,256 |
| 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 natural sciences managers in Hawaii earn under $107,810 and half over. The published range runs $64,410 at the tenth percentile to $169,680 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $77,924 take-home in Hawaii comes from $107,810. 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 63 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,747, the adjusted value of that $107,810 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 63 of 437 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for natural sciences managers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,410 to $169,680; 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.
- Retained pay of $77,924, from $107,810, 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 63 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $71,747 — the adjusted value of that $107,810 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 63 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 $111,710, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $64,410 and the top tenth $169,680 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $71,747 — 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 $77,924 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 $111,710. 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 ($64,410) and the ninetieth ($169,680) 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 $71,747 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 $77,924 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.