Print Binding and Finishing Workers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,442
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$7,608
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,791
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
$41,050
Kept after tax
$33,442
Worth in national money
$30,791
State rank
26
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Hawaii pays print binding and finishing workers around $41,050 at the midpoint, 26 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 437 occupations Hawaii publishes, print binding and finishing workers lands at 395. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $41,050, tax leaves $33,442 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $30,791 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $39,430.
- For print binding and finishing workers the Hawaii median is $41,050, ranking 26 of 50 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 395 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, $33,442 remains from the Hawaii median of $41,050 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $30,791 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $39,430 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Print Binding and Finishing Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,670 |
| This salary | $41,050 |
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 | $33,442 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,164 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,395 |
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 | $38,907 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,525 |
| 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 $41,050. The published range is $29,120 up to $45,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $33,442, from $41,050, 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 395 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 $30,791, the adjusted value of that $41,050 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 395 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for print binding and finishing workers in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,120 to $45,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,442 from $41,050. 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 395 of 437 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $30,791 — the adjusted value of that $41,050 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 395 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 $39,430, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $29,120 at the bottom tenth to $45,670 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $30,791 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $33,442 of this wage survives to your account.
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 50 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 $39,430. 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 ($29,120 to $45,670) 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 $30,791 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 $33,442 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.