Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,346
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$8,674
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,465
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
$45,020
Kept after tax
$36,346
Worth in national money
$33,465
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays this job a middle wage of $45,020, ranking 15 of 50 states and sitting about 1.42% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Hawaii, this one sits low: 372 of 437 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $45,020 the take-home is $36,346; in national-average money that behaves like $33,465. The average comes to $49,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii's median for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks is $45,020, about 1.42% above the national figure and 15 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks occupies position 372 of 437 in Hawaii's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in Hawaii, on $45,020, is $36,346; deflated by the state's price level, $33,465. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $49,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,670 |
| This salary | $45,020 |
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 | $36,346 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,354 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,004 |
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 | $42,521 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,261 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Hawaii earn less than $45,020. The published range is $35,890 up to $71,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $36,346, worked from $45,020. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 372 of 437.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,465 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 372.
- Reported values are medians; for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,890 to $71,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Hawaii take-home of $36,346, on $45,020 for work ranking 372 of 437 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 372 of 437 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,465, worked from $45,020, 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 372 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 $49,840 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 $35,890, the highest tenth $71,670, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $33,465 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, $36,346 remains.
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 $49,840. 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 ($35,890) and the ninetieth ($71,670) 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 $33,465 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 $36,346 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.