School Bus Monitors in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,856
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$7,394
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,252
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
$40,250
Kept after tax
$32,856
Worth in national money
$30,252
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays school bus monitors a middle wage of $40,250, ranking 4 of 50 states and sitting about 14.67% above the national middle.
- Against 437 occupations Hawaii publishes, school bus monitors lands at 399. 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 $40,250 the take-home is $32,856; in national-average money that behaves like $30,252. The average comes to $40,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Hawaii's median for school bus monitors is $40,250, about 14.67% above the national figure and 4 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.
- Within Hawaii, this work ranks 399 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 school bus monitors in Hawaii, on $40,250, is $32,856; deflated by the state's price level, $30,252. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $40,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: School Bus Monitors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,240 |
| This salary | $40,250 |
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 | $32,856 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,521 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,273 |
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 | $38,178 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,377 |
| 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 $40,250. The published range is $32,130 up to $45,240, 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 $32,856, worked from $40,250. 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 399 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,252, the adjusted value of that $40,250 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 399 of 437 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for school bus monitors in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,130 to $45,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Hawaii take-home of $32,856, on $40,250 for work ranking 399 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 399 of 437 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $30,252 — the adjusted value of that $40,250 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 399 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,130 at the tenth percentile, $45,240 at the ninetieth.
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 $30,252 of national purchasing power.
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 $32,856 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,130 to $45,240) 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 $30,252 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 $32,856 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.