Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $63,690 here versus $35,230 nationally (+80.8%; 2,840metro-area jobs). Next is Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners at $50,630 locally versus $35,510 nationally (+42.6%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$63,690 in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area sits 80.8% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,840 published local jobs).
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$50,630 in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area sits 42.6% above the national Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $35,510 (2,310 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Restaurant$47,060 in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area sits 25.9% above the national Cooks, Restaurant median of $37,390 (2,360 published local jobs).
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$46,550 in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area sits 18.9% above the national Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers median of $39,150 (2,400 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1500001 · Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $62K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #150/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 310 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $337K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Tucson, AZ
- BOOK-MOST 299 rows · May 2025
Read with Tucson, AZ (+$46 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropoli…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Registered Nurses and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 1,970 jobs · $127,060
- 2. Financial Managers 440 jobs · $134,220
- 3. Construction Managers 340 jobs · $128,030
- 4. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 320 jobs · $127,780
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 310 jobs · $128,710
- 6. Physicians, All Other 210 jobs · $337,360
- 7. Pharmacists 200 jobs · $139,820
- 8. Massage Therapists 200 jobs · $125,280
- 9. Lawyers 160 jobs · $131,230
- 10. Engineers, All Other 120 jobs · $163,780
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 120 jobs · $153,780
- 12. Dentists, General 110 jobs · $162,210
- 13. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $133,850
- 14. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $156,020
- 15. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $133,260
- 16. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $126,250
- 17. Commercial Pilots 80 jobs · $126,230
- 18. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $121,590
Occupations Tracked
310
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,260
employment-weighted, 299 complete rows
Top Salary
$337,360
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurses | $127,060 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $134,220 |
| 3 | Construction Managers | $128,030 |
| 4 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $127,780 |
| 5 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $128,710 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $337,360 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $139,820 |
| 8 | Massage Therapists | $125,280 |
| 9 | Lawyers | $131,230 |
| 10 | Engineers, All Other | $163,780 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $153,780 |
| 12 | Dentists, General | $162,210 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $133,850 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $156,020 |
| 15 | Nurse Practitioners | $133,260 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $126,250 |
| 17 | Commercial Pilots | $126,230 |
| 18 | Electrical Engineers | $121,590 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $137,290 |
| 20 | Family Medicine Physicians | $211,990 |
| 21 | Lodging Managers | $123,770 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $158,280 |
| 23 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $132,020 |
| 24 | Power Plant Operators | $120,700 |
| 25 | Computer Programmers | $119,540 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Tax Preparers | $29,210 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $29,420 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $30,380 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $31,080 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $33,280 |
| Directors, Religious Activities and Education | $33,840 |
| Parking Attendants | $35,170 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $35,290 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $35,970 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | $35,980 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in HI
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside HI. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($62,260 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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