Residential Advisors in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,414
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$6,516
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,003
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
$36,930
Kept after tax
$30,414
Worth in national money
$28,003
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is among the lower-paying states for residential advisors. The middle earner takes $36,930, ranking 39 of 51 states — about 12.57% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Hawaii, this one sits low: 421 of 437 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $36,930 the take-home is $30,414; in national-average money that behaves like $28,003. The average comes to $40,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii ranks 39 of 51 for residential advisors, with a median of $36,930 — about 12.57% 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.
- Residential advisors occupies position 421 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 residential advisors in Hawaii, on $36,930, is $30,414; deflated by the state's price level, $28,003. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $40,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,480 |
| This salary | $36,930 |
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 | $30,414 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,853 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,776 |
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 | $35,139 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,776 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,930 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,530 and the ninetieth is $59,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $30,414 take-home in Hawaii comes from $36,930. 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 421 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,003, the adjusted value of that $36,930 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 421 of 437 in the state.
- The Hawaii median of $36,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,530 to $59,480. 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 $30,414, from $36,930, 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 421 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $28,003 — the adjusted value of that $36,930 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 421 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 $40,360 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 $30,530, the highest tenth $59,480, 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 $28,003 — 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 $30,414 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.
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 $40,360. 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 ($30,530) and the ninetieth ($59,480) 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 $28,003 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 $30,414 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.