Hawaii · BLS May 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 3,990 substitute teachers, short-term working in Hawaii. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Hawaii
$58,530A year, or $28.14 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $45,690 | $21.96 |
| 25th percentile | $46,220 | $22.22 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $58,530 | $28.14 |
| 75th percentile | $58,720 | $28.23 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $60,620 | $29.14 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $54,690 | $26.30 |
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A $58,530 salary in Hawaii, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Hawaii sit at 110 against a national average of 100, so $58,530 earned here buys what $53,233 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for substitute teachers in Hawaii is $58,530 a year, or $28.14 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $58,530, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $46,565 a year, or roughly $3,880 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 20.4%.
Hawaii takes $2,644 of it in state income tax.
Yes. The median in Hawaii is 40.5% above the national median of $41,670.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Hawaii sit at 110 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.58 times the median household income of $100,389. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Hawaii run at 110 against a national average of 100, with rents at 125.3, so $58,530 here buys about what $53,233 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $60,620 a year or more, against $45,690 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Hawaii someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 3,990 of these jobs in Hawaii for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 89% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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