Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,903
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$17,407
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,392
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
$74,310
Kept after tax
$56,903
Worth in national money
$52,392
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Hawaii pays this job around $74,310 at the midpoint, 22 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 437 occupations Hawaii reports figures for, this is number 168.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $74,310 the take-home is $56,903; in national-average money that behaves like $52,392. The average lands at $73,230, below the middle of the range.
- For secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education the Hawaii median is $74,310, ranking 22 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Hawaii's occupational distribution, secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education sits at 168 of 437 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Hawaii, on $74,310, is $56,903; deflated by the state's price level, $52,392. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $73,230 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,360 |
| This salary | $74,310 |
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 | $56,903 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,107 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,491 |
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 | $68,334 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,660 |
| 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 $74,310. The published range is $56,040 up to $98,360, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $56,903, from $74,310, 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 168 of 437 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,392 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 168.
- Reported values are medians; for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $56,040 to $98,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $56,903 from $74,310. 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 168 of 437 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,392, worked from $74,310, 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 168 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $56,040 and the top tenth $98,360, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $52,392 rather than its face figure.
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, $56,903 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($56,040 to $98,360) 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 $52,392 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 $56,903 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.