Procurement Clerks in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,828
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$11,062
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,433
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
$53,890
Kept after tax
$42,828
Worth in national money
$39,433
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for procurement clerks. The middle earner takes $53,890, which ranks 14 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.54% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Procurement clerks ranks 286 among 437 occupations Hawaii publishes pay for.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $53,890 the take-home is $42,828; in national-average money that behaves like $39,433. The average comes to $54,390, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii ranks 14 of 51 states publishing a median for procurement clerks, at $53,890 — about 6.54% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 286 of 437 in Hawaii places procurement clerks 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.
- Take-home for procurement clerks in Hawaii, on $53,890, is $42,828; deflated by the state's price level, $39,433. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $54,390 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,810 |
| This salary | $53,890 |
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 | $42,828 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,481 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,369 |
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 | $50,589 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,913 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $53,890 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,100 and the ninetieth is $67,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $42,828 take-home in Hawaii comes from $53,890. 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 286 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,433, the adjusted value of that $53,890 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 286 of 437 in the state.
- The Hawaii median of $53,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,100 to $67,810. 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 $42,828, from $53,890, 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 286 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $39,433 — the adjusted value of that $53,890 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 286 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,100 and the top tenth $67,810, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $39,433 of national purchasing power.
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, $42,828 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,100 to $67,810) 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 $39,433 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 $42,828 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.