Physical Therapist Assistants in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,636
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$14,874
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,463
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
$67,510
Kept after tax
$52,636
Worth in national money
$48,463
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii sits in the middle of the pack for physical therapist assistants. The median is $67,510, ranking 19 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Physical therapist assistants ranks 190 among 437 occupations Hawaii publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $67,510, tax leaves $52,636 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $48,463 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $66,160.
- Hawaii occupies the middle band for physical therapist assistants: a median of $67,510, ranking 19 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 190 of 437 in Hawaii places physical therapist assistants 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, $52,636 remains from the Hawaii median of $67,510 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $48,463 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $66,160 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,770 |
| This salary | $67,510 |
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 | $52,636 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,323 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,497 |
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 | $62,795 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,612 |
| 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 $67,510. The published range is $49,920 up to $74,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $52,636 take-home in Hawaii comes from $67,510. 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 190 of 437.
- Two cautions on $48,463, the adjusted value of that $67,510 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 190 of 437 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for physical therapist assistants in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,920 to $74,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $52,636, from $67,510, 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 190 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- This $48,463 adjusted figure, worked from $67,510, 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 190 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 190 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,920 at the bottom tenth to $74,770 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 $48,463 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Hawaii then takes its own share, leaving $52,636.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,920 to $74,770) 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 $48,463 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 $52,636 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.