Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,846
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$19,154
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,102
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
$79,000
Kept after tax
$59,846
Worth in national money
$55,102
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Hawaii is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $79,000, which ranks 2 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 46.98% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Hawaii, this sits in the middle: 146 of 437 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $79,000 the take-home is $59,846. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $55,102 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $77,430, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Hawaii ranks 2 of 51 states publishing a median for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers, at $79,000 — about 46.98% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ranks 146 of 437 occupations in Hawaii by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $59,846 for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers, from $79,000. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,102. ⚠️ 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 $77,430 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,220 |
| This salary | $79,000 |
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 | $59,846 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,407 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,177 |
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 | $72,517 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,073 |
| 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 $79,000. The published range is $50,000 up to $100,220, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $59,846, from $79,000, 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 146 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 $55,102 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 146.
- Reported values are medians; for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,000 to $100,220. 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 $59,846 from $79,000. 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 146 of 437 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,102, worked from $79,000, 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 146 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,000 and the top tenth $100,220, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $55,102 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 $59,846 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,000 to $100,220) 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 $55,102 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 $59,846 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.