Production Workers, All Other in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,551
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$8,749
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,653
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
$45,300
Kept after tax
$36,551
Worth in national money
$33,653
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for production workers, all other. The middle earner takes $45,300, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 12.94% above the national middle.
- Within Hawaii this is lower-paid work. Of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, production workers, all other ranks 370. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,300 the take-home is $36,551. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $33,653 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $45,940, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Hawaii ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for production workers, all other, at $45,300 — about 12.94% 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.
- Against every occupation Hawaii reports, production workers, all other ranks 370 of 437, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $36,551 for production workers, all other, from $45,300. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,653. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $45,940 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Production Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,760 |
| This salary | $45,300 |
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 | $36,551 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,579 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,047 |
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 | $42,776 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,313 |
| 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 production workers, all other in Hawaii earn under $45,300 and half over. The published range runs $29,560 at the tenth percentile to $56,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,551 take-home in Hawaii comes from $45,300. 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 370 of 437.
- Two cautions on $33,653, the adjusted value of that $45,300 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 370 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for production workers, all other in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,560 to $56,760; 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.
- Retained pay of $36,551, from $45,300, 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 370 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $33,653 adjusted figure, worked from $45,300, 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 370 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 370 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,560 and the top tenth $56,760, 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 $33,653 — 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 $36,551 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,560 to $56,760) 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 $33,653 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 $36,551 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.