Painters, Construction and Maintenance in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,081
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$15,139
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,874
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
$68,220
Kept after tax
$53,081
Worth in national money
$48,874
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays painters, construction and maintenance a middle wage of $68,220, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 38.1% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Painters, construction and maintenance ranks 189 among 437 occupations Hawaii publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $68,220, tax leaves $53,081 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $48,874 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $71,310, since top earners drag the number up.
- Hawaii's median for painters, construction and maintenance is $68,220, about 38.1% above the national figure and 1 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 189 of 437 in Hawaii places painters, construction and maintenance in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $53,081 remains from the Hawaii median of $68,220 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $48,874 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $71,310 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,830 |
| This salary | $68,220 |
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 | $53,081 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,823 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,601 |
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 | $63,349 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,825 |
| 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 painters, construction and maintenance in Hawaii earn under $68,220 and half over. The published range runs $47,090 at the tenth percentile to $90,830 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $53,081, worked from $68,220. 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 189 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,874 uses one figure for the whole of Hawaii. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 437 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 189.
- Figures are distribution medians for painters, construction and maintenance in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,090 to $90,830; 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.
- The Hawaii take-home of $53,081, on $68,220 for work ranking 189 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 189 of 437 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,874, worked from $68,220, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Hawaii address, on work sitting at 189 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 $71,310, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,090 at the tenth percentile, $90,830 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,874 — 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, $53,081 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $71,310. 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 ($47,090 to $90,830) 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 $48,874 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 $53,081 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.