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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Kahului-Wailuku, HI wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Kahului-Wailuku, HI at $289,010/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $67,536 adjusts to about $61,737 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 109.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical 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 metro 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.