Urban Honolulu, HI Salaries
Local wages against a high BEA price level (RPP 111.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Urban Honolulu, HI moved from $54,660 in May 2024 to $57,220 in May 2025 (+4.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Urban Honolulu, HI sits +1.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Bartenders shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Urban Honolulu, HI
Bartenders publishes $75,340 here versus $34,340 nationally (+119.4%; 2,130metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $60,250 locally versus $35,230 nationally (+71.0%).
- Bartenders$75,340 in Urban Honolulu, HI sits 119.4% above the national Bartenders median of $34,340 (2,130 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$60,250 in Urban Honolulu, HI sits 71.0% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (8,550 published local jobs).
- Construction Laborers$77,960 in Urban Honolulu, HI sits 65.4% above the national Construction Laborers median of $47,120 (3,040 published local jobs).
- Electricians$100,270 in Urban Honolulu, HI sits 58.7% above the national Electricians median of $63,190 (2,290 published local jobs).
Bartenders and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Urban Honolulu, HI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 46520 · Urban Honolulu, HI $69K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #55/528
- RPP-ELEV 111.0
- OCC-MOST 477 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $339K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE +1.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fairbanks-Colleg…
- BOOK-FULL 457 rows · May 2025
Read with Fairbanks-College, AK ($56 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Urban Honolulu, HI
Largest Urban Honolulu, HI payrolls before the high-cost adjustment
Registered Nurses and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Urban Honolulu, HI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 9,680 jobs · $139,260
- 2. Financial Managers 3,000 jobs · $134,330
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 2,140 jobs · $151,180
- 4. Physicians, All Other 1,480 jobs · $339,290
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,050 jobs · $141,510
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,040 jobs · $150,220
- 7. Pharmacists 890 jobs · $165,090
- 8. Dentists, General 650 jobs · $168,090
- 9. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 490 jobs · $140,590
- 10. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 450 jobs · $135,080
- 11. Nurse Practitioners 400 jobs · $135,570
- 12. Physician Assistants 390 jobs · $170,060
- 13. Pediatricians, General 380 jobs · $217,280
- 14. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 350 jobs · $140,750
- 15. Chief Executives 340 jobs · $315,920
- 16. Marriage and Family Therapists 190 jobs · $141,960
- 17. Optometrists 170 jobs · $141,770
- 18. Psychiatrists 140 jobs · $289,990
Occupations Tracked
477
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$68,870
employment-weighted, 457 complete rows
Top Salary
$339,290
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
111.0
11% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $339,290 |
| 2 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $338,130 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $315,920 |
| 4 | Psychiatrists | $289,990 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $218,990 |
| 6 | Pediatricians, General | $217,280 |
| 7 | Nurse Midwives | $184,620 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $170,060 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $168,090 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $165,090 |
| 11 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $151,180 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $150,220 |
| 13 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $143,020 |
| 14 | Psychologists, All Other | $143,020 |
| 15 | Marriage and Family Therapists | $141,960 |
| 16 | Optometrists | $141,770 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $141,510 |
| 18 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $140,750 |
| 19 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $140,590 |
| 20 | Registered Nurses | $139,260 |
| 21 | Nurse Practitioners | $135,570 |
| 22 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $135,080 |
| 23 | Managers, All Other | $134,670 |
| 24 | Financial Managers | $134,330 |
| 25 | Database Architects | $134,040 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,120 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $30,210 |
| Parking Attendants | $30,840 |
| Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other | $30,900 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $31,010 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $31,020 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | $32,510 |
| Residential Advisors | $32,780 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $33,810 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $33,940 |
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 ($68,870 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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