Occupational Therapists in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,824
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$28,046
27.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,893
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
$102,870
Kept after tax
$74,824
Worth in national money
$68,893
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for occupational therapists. The middle earner takes $102,870, which ranks 15 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.53% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 437 occupations Hawaii reports, occupational therapists comes in at 70 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $102,870 the take-home is $74,824; in national-average money that behaves like $68,893. The average lands at $100,280, below the middle of the range.
- Hawaii ranks 15 of 51 states publishing a median for occupational therapists, at $102,870 — about 2.53% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Occupational therapists ranks 70 of 437 occupations by median in Hawaii, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for occupational therapists in Hawaii, on $102,870, is $74,824; deflated by the state's price level, $68,893. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $100,280 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,240 |
| This salary | $102,870 |
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 | $74,824 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,199 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,666 |
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 | $93,808 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,259 |
| 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 $102,870. The published range is $78,670 up to $118,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $74,824 take-home in Hawaii comes from $102,870. 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 70 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $68,893, the adjusted value of that $102,870 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 70 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapists in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,670 to $118,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $74,824, from $102,870, 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 70 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $68,893 — the adjusted value of that $102,870 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 70 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $78,670 at the tenth percentile, $118,240 at the ninetieth.
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 $68,893 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 $74,824 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($78,670 to $118,240) 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 $68,893 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 $74,824 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.