Stockers and Order Fillers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,157
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$7,143
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,608
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
$39,300
Kept after tax
$32,157
Worth in national money
$29,608
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for stockers and order fillers is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $39,300, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 5.28% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 437 occupations Hawaii publishes, stockers and order fillers lands at 403. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $39,300 the take-home is $32,157. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $29,608 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $42,020, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For stockers and order fillers, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $39,300, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 5.28% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Hawaii, this work ranks 403 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $32,157 for stockers and order fillers, from $39,300. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $29,608. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $42,020 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,270 |
| This salary | $39,300 |
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 | $32,157 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,758 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,131 |
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 | $37,308 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,205 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,300 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,580 and the ninetieth is $53,270 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $32,157, worked from $39,300. 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 403 of 437.
- Two cautions on $29,608, the adjusted value of that $39,300 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Hawaii. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 403 of 437 locally.
- The Hawaii median of $39,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,580 to $53,270. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Hawaii take-home of $32,157, on $39,300 for work ranking 403 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 403 of 437 in the state.
- This $29,608 adjusted figure, worked from $39,300, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 403 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 403 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $42,020, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,580 and the top tenth $53,270, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $29,608 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $32,157 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.
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 $42,020. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,580 to $53,270) 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 $29,608 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 $32,157 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.