Real Estate Sales Agents in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,224
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$8,996
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,273
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
$46,220
Kept after tax
$37,224
Worth in national money
$34,273
State rank
41
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for real estate sales agents is on the low side in Hawaii. The middle earner gets $46,220. That is 41 of 48 states, and about 12.51% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 437 occupations Hawaii publishes, real estate sales agents lands at 356. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $46,220 the take-home is $37,224; in national-average money that behaves like $34,273. The average comes to $61,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For real estate sales agents, Hawaii sits in the lower band at $46,220, ranking 41 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 12.51%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Hawaii, this work ranks 356 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.
- Take-home for real estate sales agents in Hawaii, on $46,220, is $37,224; deflated by the state's price level, $34,273. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $61,130 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Real Estate Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,750 |
| This salary | $46,220 |
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 | $37,224 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,318 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,188 |
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 | $43,614 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,484 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,220 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,030 and the ninetieth is $101,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $37,224, from $46,220, 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 356 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 $34,273, the adjusted value of that $46,220 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 356 of 437 in the state.
- The Hawaii median of $46,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,030 to $101,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,224 from $46,220. 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 356 of 437 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $34,273 — the adjusted value of that $46,220 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 356 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 $61,130 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,030, the highest tenth $101,750, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $34,273 — 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 $37,224 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $61,130. 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 ($36,030) and the ninetieth ($101,750) 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 $34,273 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 $37,224 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.