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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How to use Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area at $337,360/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $62,260 across 299 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan area against the statewide occupation table for HI before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.