Highest Paying Jobs in Hawaii

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary — Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$339,290

Physicians, All Other

Top 25 Average

$182,062

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

100

occupations

Occupations

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Hawaii by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Physicians, All Other pays a state median of $339,290, +28% above the national median of $265,930 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 100 pay above $100,000 per year in Hawaii — a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $237,814, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 62 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Hawaii, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news — they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Hawaii is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime — especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Hawaii, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$339,290	$265,930	+28% above	1,830
2	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$338,130	$292,910	+15% above	140
3	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$289,990	$281,870	+3% above	170
4	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$281,640	$213,990	+32% above	470
5	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$218,210	$244,180	11% below	260
6	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$211,810	$153,990	+38% above	120
7	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$197,090	$210,040	6% below	470
8	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$170,110	$134,040	+27% above	N/A
9	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$167,820	$170,950	2% below	830
10	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$164,050	$135,880	+21% above	530
11	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$163,220	$140,910	+16% above	1,190
12	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$159,880	$161,740	1% below	90
13	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$158,700	$148,080	+7% above	210
14	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$154,620	$136,570	+13% above	230
15	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$151,670	$171,270	11% below	1,220
16	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$147,630	$123,860	+19% above	2,650
17	Marriage and Family Therapists Community and Social Service Occupations	$141,960	$66,940	+112% above	220
18	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$141,640	$175,140	19% below	1,200
19	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$140,590	$106,040	+33% above	700
20	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$137,240	$134,960	+2% above	40
21	Registered Nurses Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$136,320	$97,550	+40% above	12,940
22	Psychologists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$135,680	$110,840	+22% above	160
23	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$135,570	$132,300	+2% above	550
24	Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$134,350	$140,300	4% below	70
25	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$134,340	$95,320	+41% above	600
26	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$134,210	$166,570	19% below	3,790
27	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$134,040	$139,500	4% below	60
28	Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$133,340	$77,570	+72% above	50
29	Ship Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$131,640	$109,530	+20% above	70
30	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$130,120	$130,100	same as	370
31	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$130,000	$141,900	8% below	N/A
32	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$129,530	$80,250	+61% above	1,890
33	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$128,910	$149,280	14% below	710
34	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$128,910	$114,990	+12% above	2,890
35	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$127,330	$103,020	+24% above	70
36	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$126,760	$105,870	+20% above	1,910
37	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$126,690	$130,220	3% below	310
38	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$126,250	$129,180	2% below	580
39	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$126,110	$104,920	+20% above	540
40	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$125,650	$101,370	+24% above	30
41	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$125,520	$105,310	+19% above	N/A
42	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$124,990	$159,670	22% below	2,270
43	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$124,650	$126,060	1% below	130
44	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$124,430	$96,590	+29% above	210
45	Crane and Tower Operators Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$124,260	$68,080	+83% above	190
46	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$124,040	$135,980	9% below	1,600
47	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$123,800	$102,440	+21% above	50
48	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$122,800	$122,930	same as	1,100
49	Power Plant Operators Production Occupations	$121,700	$102,040	+19% above	290
50	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$121,010	$99,070	+22% above	70
51	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$120,100	$116,580	+3% above	2,080
52	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$119,520	$115,210	+4% above	90
53	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$119,370	$95,480	+25% above	140
54	Computer Programmers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$118,180	$100,390	+18% above	450
55	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$117,860	$100,580	+17% above	250
56	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$117,770	$166,790	29% below	570
57	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$117,190	$172,250	32% below	40
58	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$116,340	$148,270	22% below	1,710
59	Social Workers, All Other Community and Social Service Occupations	$116,130	$71,900	+62% above	200
60	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators Construction and Extraction Occupations	$115,860	$59,850	+94% above	2,380
61	Lodging Managers Management Occupations	$114,070	$69,250	+65% above	200
62	Detectives and Criminal Investigators Protective Service Occupations	$113,940	$93,790	+21% above	440
63	Audiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$113,850	$95,780	+19% above	90
64	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$113,490	$148,080	23% below	220
65	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$113,400	$133,000	15% below	160
66	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$113,030	$123,220	8% below	350
67	Physical Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$112,880	$122,570	8% below	100
68	Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$111,730	$74,310	+50% above	140
69	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators Construction and Extraction Occupations	$111,360	$53,340	+109% above	N/A
70	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$110,840	$114,130	3% below	1,560
71	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$110,120	$149,230	26% below	60
72	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$108,750	$106,660	+2% above	760
73	Transportation Inspectors Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$108,270	$92,100	+18% above	150
74	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$108,200	$112,230	4% below	120
75	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$108,180	$105,770	+2% above	13,380
76	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$108,000	$134,050	19% below	320
77	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$107,880	$107,110	+1% above	150
78	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$107,810	$167,220	36% below	510
79	Hoist and Winch Operators Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$107,100	$56,450	+90% above	120
80	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Legal Occupations	$106,480	$117,860	10% below	50
81	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$106,350	$120,630	12% below	1,080
82	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$106,270	$101,920	+4% above	110
83	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$105,010	$146,910	29% below	390
84	Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$104,830	$58,930	+78% above	800
85	Plasterers and Stucco Masons Construction and Extraction Occupations	$104,260	$57,660	+81% above	110
86	Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators Production Occupations	$103,400	$78,620	+32% above	70
87	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$102,930	$104,300	1% below	N/A
88	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$102,870	$100,330	+3% above	390
89	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$102,630	$79,920	+28% above	2,890
90	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$102,340	$99,280	+3% above	600
91	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$102,130	$120,230	15% below	300
92	Astronomers Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$102,000	$128,820	21% below	100
93	Management Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$101,750	$101,860	same as	2,920
94	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$101,700	$102,760	1% below	950
95	Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$101,700	$80,110	+27% above	690
96	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$101,480	$107,230	5% below	830
97	Network and Computer Systems Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$101,450	$99,130	+2% above	1,490
98	Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,010	$80,260	+26% above	220
99	Operations Research Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,600	$88,940	+13% above	120
100	Logisticians Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$100,340	$82,320	+22% above	570

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Hawaii. The "Difference" column shows how Hawaii pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

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Reviewed byWageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · June 3, 2026

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