Parts Salespersons in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,419
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$8,701
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,532
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
$45,120
Kept after tax
$36,419
Worth in national money
$33,532
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays parts salespersons a middle wage of $45,120, ranking 16 of 50 states and sitting about 16.8% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Hawaii, this one sits low: 371 of 437 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $45,120 the take-home is $36,419; in national-average money that behaves like $33,532. The average comes to $47,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii's median for parts salespersons is $45,120, about 16.8% above the national figure and 16 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Parts salespersons occupies position 371 of 437 in Hawaii's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for parts salespersons in Hawaii, on $45,120, is $36,419; deflated by the state's price level, $33,532. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $47,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Parts Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,150 |
| This salary | $45,120 |
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 | $36,419 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,434 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,019 |
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 | $42,612 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,280 |
| 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 parts salespersons in Hawaii earn under $45,120 and half over. The published range runs $35,770 at the tenth percentile to $66,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $36,419, from $45,120, 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 371 of 437 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $33,532, the adjusted value of that $45,120 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Hawaii. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 371 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for parts salespersons in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,770 to $66,150; 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.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,419 from $45,120. 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 371 of 437 locally.
- This $33,532 adjusted figure, worked from $45,120, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 371 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 371 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 $47,990, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,770 and the top tenth $66,150, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $33,532 — 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, $36,419 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $47,990. 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 ($35,770 to $66,150) 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 $33,532 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 $36,419 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.