Purchasing Managers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,488
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$32,002
28.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,029
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
$113,490
Kept after tax
$81,488
Worth in national money
$75,029
State rank
49
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is among the lower-paying states for purchasing managers. The middle earner takes $113,490, ranking 49 of 50 states — about 23.36% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 437 occupations Hawaii reports, purchasing managers comes in at 52 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $113,490 the take-home is $81,488. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $75,029 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $124,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Hawaii ranks 49 of 50 for purchasing managers, with a median of $113,490 — about 23.36% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Purchasing managers ranks 52 of 437 occupations by median in Hawaii, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $81,488 for purchasing managers, from $113,490. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $75,029. ⚠️ 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 $124,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,310 |
| This salary | $113,490 |
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 | $81,488 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,670 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,219 |
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 | $103,281 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$22,404 |
| 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 purchasing managers in Hawaii earn under $113,490 and half over. The published range runs $82,200 at the tenth percentile to $173,310 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $81,488 take-home in Hawaii comes from $113,490. 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 52 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $75,029 uses one figure for the whole of Hawaii. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 437 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 52.
- Figures are distribution medians for purchasing managers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $82,200 to $173,310; 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 $81,488, from $113,490, 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 52 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 49 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $75,029, worked from $113,490, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Hawaii address, on work sitting at 52 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $124,000 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $82,200 at the bottom tenth to $173,310 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Hawaii costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $75,029 rather than its face figure.
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 $81,488.
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 $124,000. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($82,200) and the ninetieth ($173,310) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $75,029 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 $81,488 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.