Operations Research Analysts in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,400
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$27,200
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,582
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
$100,600
Kept after tax
$73,400
Worth in national money
$67,582
State rank
10
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for operations research analysts is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $100,600, putting the state 10 of 47 — about 13.11% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Hawaii. It ranks 79 out of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $100,600 the take-home is $73,400; in national-average money that behaves like $67,582. The average comes to $111,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For operations research analysts, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $100,600, ranking 10 of 47 and running about 13.11% 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.
- Within Hawaii, operations research analysts ranks 79 of 437 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for operations research analysts in Hawaii, on $100,600, is $73,400; deflated by the state's price level, $67,582. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $111,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Operations Research Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,210 |
| This salary | $100,600 |
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 | $73,400 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,602 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,335 |
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 | $91,784 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,801 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,600 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $68,450 and the ninetieth is $156,210 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $73,400, from $100,600, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 79 of 437 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,582, the adjusted value of that $100,600 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 79 of 437 in the state.
- The Hawaii median of $100,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $68,450 to $156,210. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $73,400 from $100,600. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 79 of 437 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $67,582 — the adjusted value of that $100,600 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 79 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 $111,180, 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 $68,450 and the top tenth $156,210 — 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 $67,582 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Hawaii's own levy, $73,400 remains.
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 47 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 $111,180. 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 ($68,450) and the ninetieth ($156,210) 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 $67,582 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 $73,400 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.