Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,627
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$5,873
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,358
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
$34,500
Kept after tax
$28,627
Worth in national money
$26,358
State rank
46
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Hawaii pays this job a middle wage of $34,500, 46 of 49 states and about 24.46% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Hawaii this is lower-paid work. Of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 432. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $34,500, tax leaves $28,627 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $26,358 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $41,680, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii's $34,500 median for office and administrative support workers, all other places it 46 of 49 states, about 24.46% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Hawaii reports, office and administrative support workers, all other ranks 432 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.
- After tax, $28,627 remains from the Hawaii median of $34,500 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $26,358 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $41,680 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,840 |
| This salary | $34,500 |
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 | $28,627 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,901 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,412 |
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 | $32,914 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,336 |
| 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 office and administrative support workers, all other in Hawaii earn under $34,500 and half over. The published range runs $29,120 at the tenth percentile to $60,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $28,627 take-home in Hawaii comes from $34,500. 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 432 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $26,358, the adjusted value of that $34,500 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 432 of 437 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for office and administrative support workers, all other in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,120 to $60,840; 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 $28,627, from $34,500, 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 432 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $26,358 — the adjusted value of that $34,500 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 432 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 $41,680, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $29,120 and the top tenth $60,840 — 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 $26,358 — 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 $28,627 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 $41,680. 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 ($29,120) and the ninetieth ($60,840) 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 $26,358 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 $28,627 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.