Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,602
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$17,228
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,115
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
$73,830
Kept after tax
$56,602
Worth in national money
$52,115
State rank
17
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Hawaii pays this job around $73,830 at the midpoint, 17 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 172.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $73,830, tax leaves $56,602 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $52,115 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $73,950, since top earners drag the number up.
- For probation officers and correctional treatment specialists the Hawaii median is $73,830, ranking 17 of 46 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.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, probation officers and correctional treatment specialists sits at 172 of 437 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $56,602 remains from the Hawaii median of $73,830 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $52,115 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $73,950 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,810 |
| This salary | $73,830 |
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 | $56,602 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,769 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,421 |
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 | $67,906 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,516 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,830 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,300 and the ninetieth is $89,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $56,602 take-home in Hawaii comes from $73,830. 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 172 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,115, the adjusted value of that $73,830 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 172 of 437 in the state.
- The Hawaii median of $73,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,300 to $89,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $56,602, from $73,830, 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 172 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $52,115 — the adjusted value of that $73,830 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 172 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,300 at the bottom tenth to $89,810 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 $52,115 — 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 $56,602 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,300 to $89,810) 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 $52,115 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 $56,602 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.