Kahului-Wailuku, HI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Kahului-Wailuku, HI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Kahului-Wailuku, HI moved from $54,790 in May 2024 to $57,640 in May 2025 (+5.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Kahului-Wailuku, HI sits +2.1 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Kahului-Wailuku, HI
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $82,550 here versus $35,230 nationally (+134.3%; 2,700metro-area jobs). Next is Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners at $53,030 locally versus $35,510 nationally (+49.3%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$82,550 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI sits 134.3% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,700 published local jobs).
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$53,030 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI sits 49.3% above the national Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $35,510 (2,260 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$37,840 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI sits 21.3% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,590 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$39,630 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI sits 11.9% above the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,510 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Kahului-Wailuku, HI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27980 · Kahului-Wailuku, HI $68K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-HIGH #68/528
- RPP-ELEV 109.4
- OCC-MID 240 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $289K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Spokane-Spokane…
- BOOK-MOST 236 rows · May 2025
Read with Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (+$138 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Kahului-Wailuku, HI
Employment scale inside Kahului-Wailuku, HI's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators lead published employment inside Kahului-Wailuku, HI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 1,270 jobs · $144,350
- 2. Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 400 jobs · $124,990
- 3. Construction Managers 360 jobs · $130,810
- 4. Financial Managers 300 jobs · $128,990
- 5. Sales Managers 210 jobs · $128,600
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 200 jobs · $132,160
- 7. Medical and Health Services Managers 180 jobs · $148,080
- 8. Lawyers 160 jobs · $148,370
- 9. Managers, All Other 150 jobs · $113,550
- 10. Physicians, All Other 140 jobs · $289,010
- 11. Software Developers 110 jobs · $133,870
- 12. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $160,440
- 13. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $159,620
- 14. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $150,900
- 15. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $137,030
- 16. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $126,440
- 17. Nurse Practitioners 60 jobs · $164,210
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $159,360
Occupations Tracked
240
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$67,536
employment-weighted, 236 complete rows
Top Salary
$289,010
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
109.4
9% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $289,010 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $204,040 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $164,210 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $160,440 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $159,620 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $159,360 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $150,900 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $148,370 |
| 9 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $148,080 |
| 10 | Veterinarians | $146,590 |
| 11 | Registered Nurses | $144,350 |
| 12 | Electrical Engineers | $137,030 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $134,960 |
| 14 | Software Developers | $133,870 |
| 15 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $132,370 |
| 16 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $132,160 |
| 17 | Information Security Analysts | $131,640 |
| 18 | Construction Managers | $130,810 |
| 19 | Financial Managers | $128,990 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $128,600 |
| 21 | Computer Programmers | $128,240 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $126,440 |
| 23 | Diagnostic Medical Sonographers | $125,670 |
| 24 | Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | $124,990 |
| 25 | Managers, All Other | $113,550 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $31,270 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $34,610 |
| Biological Technicians | $36,090 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $36,370 |
| Childcare Workers | $36,940 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | $37,360 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $37,840 |
| Parking Attendants | $38,480 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $38,720 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $38,810 |
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 ($67,536 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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