Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,326
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$6,844
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,843
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
$38,170
Kept after tax
$31,326
Worth in national money
$28,843
State rank
29
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Hawaii pays this job around $38,170 at the midpoint, 29 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 437 occupations Hawaii publishes, this job lands at 409. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $38,170, tax leaves $31,326 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $28,843 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $42,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- For office machine operators, except computer the Hawaii median is $38,170, ranking 29 of 47 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Hawaii, this work ranks 409 of 437 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $31,326 remains from the Hawaii median of $38,170 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $28,843 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $42,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,410 |
| This salary | $38,170 |
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 | $31,326 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,850 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,962 |
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 | $36,274 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,001 |
| 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 $38,170. The published range is $36,100 up to $57,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $31,326, worked from $38,170. 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 409 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,843, the adjusted value of that $38,170 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 409 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for office machine operators, except computer in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,100 to $57,410. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Hawaii take-home of $31,326, on $38,170 for work ranking 409 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 409 of 437 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $28,843 — the adjusted value of that $38,170 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 409 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $42,100 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,100 at the bottom tenth to $57,410 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $28,843 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 $31,326 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $42,100. 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 ($36,100 to $57,410) 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 $28,843 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 $31,326 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.