Travel Agents in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,204
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$9,356
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,175
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
$47,560
Kept after tax
$38,204
Worth in national money
$35,175
State rank
33
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for travel agents is on the low side in Hawaii. The middle earner gets $47,560. That is 33 of 49 states, and about 5.18% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 437 occupations Hawaii publishes, travel agents lands at 343. 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 $47,560 the take-home is $38,204; in national-average money that behaves like $35,175. The average comes to $55,520, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For travel agents, Hawaii sits in the lower band at $47,560, ranking 33 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 5.18%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Hawaii, this work ranks 343 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 travel agents in Hawaii, on $47,560, is $38,204; deflated by the state's price level, $35,175. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $55,520 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,990 |
| This salary | $47,560 |
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 | $38,204 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,394 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,393 |
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 | $44,834 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,732 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,560 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,120 and the ninetieth is $94,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,204 take-home in Hawaii comes from $47,560. 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 343 of 437.
- One number stands for prices across all of Hawaii, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,175, the adjusted value of that $47,560 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 343 of 437 in the state.
- The Hawaii median of $47,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,120 to $94,990. 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 $38,204, from $47,560, 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 343 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Hawaii, so $35,175 — the adjusted value of that $47,560 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 343 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 $55,520, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,120 at the bottom tenth to $94,990 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $35,175 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Hawaii then takes its own share, leaving $38,204.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $55,520. 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 ($29,120) and the ninetieth ($94,990) 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 $35,175 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 $38,204 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.