Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in the Urban Honolulu Metro

BLS metro-level wage data places Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping pay in Urban Honolulu, HI at a median of $46,050 per year ($22.14/hr), drawn from the OEWS May 2025 release for this Metropolitan Statistical Area. Compared with the national median of $46,380, the metro estimate is 1% below. OEWS reports the difference but does not identify its cause. Approximately 70 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping are employed across the Urban Honolulu MSA in SOC 43-5111.

The Urban Honolulu pay distribution spans from $36,300 at the 10th percentile to $64,050 at the 90th, a 1.8× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $40,160 and the 75th at $49,820, so half of Urban Honolulu-based weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping earn within that middle band.

Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Urban Honolulu, HI covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide HI estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.