Pay and jobs by occupation in the Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 105,290 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $51,820 for all occupations combined. 310 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Wages by occupation

OccupationJobsMedian annual wageMean annual wageJobs per 1,000 jobs hereConcentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors590$69,430$78,0405.580.60
Administrative Services Managers190$106,270$112,2901.851.09
Agricultural Workers, All Other40$46,650$51,3100.3514.94
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors40$59,120$61,0600.416.48
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians150$81,410$87,0401.421.60
Aircraft Service Attendants110$53,770$54,1801.055.20
Amusement and Recreation Attendants970$39,920$43,1809.253.62
Animal Caretakers110$42,110$44,5901.050.61
Anthropologists and Archeologists40$92,620$90,3700.335.75
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval40$105,800$105,8400.360.53
Architectural and Civil Drafters60$57,730$62,4400.550.83
Architectural and Engineering Managers120$153,780$155,8801.120.79
Astronomers70$106,340$104,5100.6950.73
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants90$29,420$34,8600.821.25
Automotive Body and Related Repairers90$55,580$53,7600.860.89
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics550$50,960$56,1305.211.15
Baggage Porters and Bellhops300$39,630$42,8902.8615.58
Bakers290$45,830$47,4602.731.80
Bartenders620$67,130$71,9905.881.21
Billing and Posting Clerks260$53,550$52,8202.480.95
Biological Scientists, All Other50$92,620$91,2900.481.35
Biological Technicians230$45,220$49,1202.184.86
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks940$49,270$50,8208.911.01
Brickmasons and Blockmasons—$44,200$59,790——
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists90$66,880$66,7000.870.47
Bus Drivers, School210$62,550$55,2001.990.77
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity260$60,370$55,8002.442.38
Business Operations Specialists, All Other260$78,020$82,3402.510.36
Butchers and Meat Cutters100$50,740$52,8700.941.07
Buyers and Purchasing Agents220$63,200$70,2202.080.66
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters40$48,850$53,7700.340.69
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels150$69,580$73,2501.395.88
Cargo and Freight Agents470$42,400$50,6404.447.07
Carpenters990$80,750$83,0909.442.19
Cashiers2,410$37,000$39,09022.881.15
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers90$69,630$72,8900.820.62
Chefs and Head Cooks250$80,820$84,5202.351.82
Chief Executives90$156,020$197,4800.830.63
Child, Family, and School Social Workers230$68,270$69,5002.190.87
Childcare Workers260$38,820$39,3302.490.75
Chiropractors30$74,520$85,4700.291.14
Civil Engineers190$87,100$89,8001.790.76
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment230$35,970$38,1702.230.91
Clergy90$61,430$65,5300.822.22
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists30$105,130$111,4000.320.65
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians90$66,330$68,7400.890.41
Coaches and Scouts110$52,000$58,4101.010.63
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders40$47,230$53,5700.360.35
Commercial Pilots80$126,230$134,5700.742.43
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other130$63,080$66,4301.241.79
Community Health Workers80$65,630$67,2000.781.98
Compliance Officers100$71,000$75,5500.910.34
Computer and Information Systems Managers70$137,290$156,0800.660.15
Computer Network Support Specialists—$79,770$79,960——
Computer Occupations, All Other110$113,420$112,9201.030.37
Computer Programmers—$119,540$121,150——
Computer Systems Analysts100$81,560$83,1800.990.30
Computer User Support Specialists290$51,500$56,6602.780.60
Concierges90$59,980$57,9600.892.82
Conservation Scientists60$77,190$82,1100.583.46
Construction and Building Inspectors110$68,420$72,0801.021.08
Construction Laborers900$65,420$71,2408.521.21
Construction Managers340$128,030$129,8803.251.33
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria240$56,480$54,6202.290.81
Cooks, Restaurant2,360$47,060$48,83022.422.47
Correctional Officers and Jailers240$69,570$72,1402.280.93
Cost Estimators100$76,650$84,5200.970.68
Counter and Rental Clerks430$38,310$44,0604.051.57
Couriers and Messengers40$37,620$38,6800.380.85
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks120$51,890$55,1601.191.03
Customer Service Representatives1,010$48,120$50,6109.550.57
Dental Assistants290$47,020$44,3702.751.10
Dental Hygienists120$99,600$96,2201.130.79
Dentists, General110$162,210$210,3301.031.29
Detectives and Criminal Investigators70$106,870$106,6200.670.91
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers1,040$50,680$52,0209.862.83
Directors, Religious Activities and Education40$33,840$41,7000.372.59
Dishwashers900$38,580$40,7008.572.79
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance110$50,210$54,2501.080.83
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers30$73,060$85,4000.330.61
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary320$127,780$127,7403.071.45
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare60$58,220$64,6300.591.24
Education Teachers, Postsecondary90$47,710$61,4000.852.17
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other140$65,420$70,6001.341.75
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors330$61,550$69,3403.151.38
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians30$98,240$95,9500.280.47
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment40$91,390$93,7300.390.93
Electrical Engineers80$121,590$114,4600.770.60
Electricians470$81,680$83,6104.440.91
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer40$132,020$129,2100.360.58
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education1,180$64,240$70,69011.241.26
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs130$52,900$54,5501.211.21
Emergency Medical Technicians—$60,560$57,170——
Engineers, All Other120$163,780$164,7401.101.11
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health90$59,780$56,7600.904.03
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health50$71,000$77,7900.490.86
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants210$74,950$78,4502.010.68
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors140$49,260$55,5101.360.66
Facilities Managers140$115,460$122,5801.311.30
Family Medicine Physicians60$211,990$228,6400.590.86
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse250$36,350$38,1602.361.38
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals60$48,930$48,6700.532.50
Fast Food and Counter Workers4,280$36,140$37,24040.641.64
File Clerks50$50,810$50,4700.481.02
Financial and Investment Analysts40$107,420$117,1500.360.15
Financial Managers440$134,220$136,5904.220.78
Financial Specialists, All Other30$75,780$82,9800.300.35
Firefighters500$66,410$68,3004.792.15
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers530$99,910$100,0605.060.97
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services170$55,700$63,3301.662.50
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers70$62,820$58,2300.713.94
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers150$102,200$103,4701.422.23
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers1,290$51,230$55,70012.261.56
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers370$58,900$61,7403.503.05
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers260$60,360$62,9102.502.97
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers570$80,920$85,8405.391.36
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers120$73,810$74,4301.170.85
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers1,550$61,790$65,51014.721.59
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers130$56,880$60,5201.201.64
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives130$110,620$117,1601.251.25
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers290$65,520$73,3502.720.63
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other70$81,040$78,9200.634.76
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers1,430$55,860$57,75013.541.88
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers80$63,490$65,0000.731.40
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors480$62,880$66,6904.531.13
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles50$79,290$86,4200.513.35
Floral Designers40$43,890$45,1800.421.62
Food Batchmakers110$36,380$38,8301.000.89
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other—$64,150$67,060——
Food Preparation Workers1,000$42,950$43,6309.541.66
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant150$39,110$48,0801.460.77
Food Service Managers270$91,630$94,9202.531.65
Forest and Conservation Technicians40$50,040$55,3300.381.92
Fundraisers80$63,750$61,4700.751.05
General and Operations Managers2,240$99,930$115,89021.230.94
Glaziers40$64,000$65,9000.381.01
Graphic Designers60$47,410$54,3500.570.44
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists110$30,380$45,5701.090.55
Health Education Specialists30$60,710$60,4700.300.71
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other130$59,810$56,3401.281.09
Healthcare Social Workers80$85,560$79,1800.800.66
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other260$42,710$44,5102.433.45
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers130$65,040$64,4101.270.48
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers650$60,980$61,7306.150.46
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers120$43,240$46,8101.131.84
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons—$52,760$53,780——
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters30$54,950$49,2400.321.12
Helpers--Production Workers50$43,450$45,7300.480.45
Home Appliance Repairers70$59,680$56,9200.683.31
Home Health and Personal Care Aides1,160$38,650$39,53011.040.40
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop420$47,010$44,7104.011.44
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks720$54,860$54,3506.844.07
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping40$47,140$48,3600.360.62
Human Resources Managers90$126,250$125,0100.810.57
Human Resources Specialists320$66,150$71,3602.990.51
Industrial Machinery Mechanics120$63,360$70,9301.170.41
Industrial Production Managers30$113,940$127,6700.300.19
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators80$64,630$72,4200.770.15
Information and Record Clerks, All Other90$51,630$52,0800.840.97
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers80$50,790$54,8700.760.20
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other—$60,590$66,670——
Instructional Coordinators220$96,490$95,1102.101.43
Insurance Sales Agents150$61,880$75,7101.430.46
Interior Designers60$65,430$74,0100.541.16
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners1,900$44,030$43,46018.011.27
Labor Relations Specialists40$93,370$99,6500.340.82
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand1,430$46,270$48,82013.550.71
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers2,400$46,550$45,72022.753.71
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers350$40,370$42,3003.372.65
Lawyers160$131,230$124,5501.510.31
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists50$64,160$70,3500.500.58
Library Assistants, Clerical50$37,110$38,8900.470.85
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses200$64,680$67,2301.880.45
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other200$50,880$52,9201.924.05
Light Truck Drivers800$46,210$50,6707.631.21
Loan Officers160$61,380$71,7401.520.86
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants40$49,360$50,8200.343.45
Lodging Managers60$123,770$124,8500.562.05
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners2,310$50,630$50,29021.933.96
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General1,540$59,600$60,73014.661.49
Management Analysts210$84,910$95,0402.040.35
Managers, All Other—$104,740$123,260——
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists230$44,330$54,9102.140.37
Marketing Managers60$101,290$112,9200.560.22
Massage Therapists200$125,280$118,2001.913.01
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers190$39,920$42,2601.841.97
Medical and Health Services Managers310$128,710$134,4002.920.76
Medical Assistants780$49,570$50,7007.401.41
Medical Equipment Preparers50$50,000$51,5800.430.87
Medical Equipment Repairers30$74,200$74,5700.320.74
Medical Records Specialists60$52,680$60,7300.530.42
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants270$47,660$48,8802.580.42
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners100$78,300$71,7000.951.04
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers160$69,920$67,9201.511.77
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers160$46,480$45,5701.531.44
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education440$66,880$72,3004.201.05
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators70$44,550$47,0500.690.08
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines110$78,630$77,8601.040.92
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians40$69,690$72,7200.352.32
Motorboat Operators120$67,780$69,7101.1069.14
Natural Sciences Managers140$103,240$110,3601.291.85
Network and Computer Systems Administrators100$99,840$100,0600.920.45
Nurse Practitioners90$133,260$132,1100.860.41
Nursing Assistants960$45,360$46,5809.120.98
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists50$75,340$83,3400.460.51
Occupational Therapists40$101,550$99,8600.390.37
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other280$37,130$39,8202.692.17
Office Clerks, General2,560$41,340$44,39024.281.53
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators540$84,790$92,9905.121.67
Optometrists40$158,280$145,7700.341.24
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics80$59,780$58,8500.733.14
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders80$38,000$40,7600.750.31
Packers and Packagers, Hand420$35,290$37,3904.001.11
Painters, Construction and Maintenance340$68,630$71,9303.222.22
Paralegals and Legal Assistants190$63,270$59,7701.760.70
Parking Attendants230$35,170$39,0402.142.42
Parts Salespersons230$44,580$45,7802.191.26
Passenger Attendants220$46,030$44,3902.0511.75
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks70$62,200$62,5300.630.64
Pediatricians, General80$105,840$143,4200.752.96
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other240$33,280$40,2202.315.94
Personal Financial Advisors40$53,920$77,1000.370.21
Pest Control Workers250$48,220$51,0002.373.59
Pharmacists200$139,820$146,2401.880.91
Pharmacy Technicians290$47,780$47,6202.770.91
Photographers50$44,860$63,2700.511.52
Physical Therapist Assistants30$69,680$67,8800.280.39
Physical Therapists160$100,510$103,8601.540.89
Physician Assistants100$133,850$124,8400.910.87
Physicians, All Other210$337,360$286,9401.990.90
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters380$70,730$76,3203.641.22
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers520$82,470$83,8404.981.16
Postal Service Clerks160$63,210$64,8901.503.17
Postal Service Mail Carriers170$57,470$61,0201.630.77
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other230$49,730$68,2502.152.23
Power Plant Operators—$120,700$116,850——
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other40$65,020$63,3400.416.76
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education180$50,870$52,2801.690.55
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials50$35,980$37,3300.452.67
Printing Press Operators50$49,230$52,0400.480.52
Procurement Clerks40$53,180$52,1600.330.93
Producers and Directors50$70,750$73,2700.490.53
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks110$55,040$65,4201.010.40
Project Management Specialists180$75,440$83,1001.720.25
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers410$61,610$74,1703.871.93
Psychiatric Technicians280$56,080$54,4902.702.68
Public Relations Managers30$98,600$116,8800.310.64
Public Relations Specialists210$61,430$72,4202.011.10
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians120$97,060$93,5601.130.77
Real Estate Sales Agents90$46,990$67,0800.890.71
Receptionists and Information Clerks620$42,870$43,8305.891.01
Recreation Workers120$43,620$46,9001.140.53
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors210$55,970$51,7602.002.12
Registered Nurses1,970$127,060$120,64018.710.86
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks370$45,490$48,9103.524.60
Residential Advisors100$38,210$43,8300.981.80
Respiratory Therapists50$90,250$93,8600.450.50
Retail Salespersons3,840$38,320$40,40036.511.46
Roofers150$62,300$64,3901.431.64
Sailors and Marine Oilers40$49,190$59,3400.391.93
Sales Managers240$101,820$121,7502.290.56
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel550$40,490$51,0705.220.65
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products470$55,710$66,4504.510.57
School Bus Monitors60$39,520$37,5700.521.04
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education1,050$73,360$72,5309.961.45
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive1,050$51,560$53,8309.960.91
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents40$76,150$104,1600.370.12
Security Guards900$46,210$47,3808.591.04
Self-Enrichment Teachers360$47,790$52,2103.421.60
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders50$58,210$55,0000.481.24
Sewing Machine Operators50$48,200$48,4700.440.66
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks190$46,240$49,4301.830.35
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs370$36,500$42,4903.482.18
Skincare Specialists40$52,350$85,6800.330.71
Slaughterers and Meat Packers40$39,310$41,4100.380.85
Social and Community Service Managers180$73,900$77,6401.681.25
Social and Human Service Assistants430$42,090$44,4504.091.45
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other30$63,440$68,0300.321.35
Solar Photovoltaic Installers40$78,420$81,6400.381.90
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School250$62,890$68,3602.351.40
Special Education Teachers, Middle School70$63,680$68,1500.671.09
Special Education Teachers, Preschool40$71,970$73,7700.381.99
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School160$69,630$70,4501.551.47
Speech-Language Pathologists30$84,360$86,1400.330.28
Stockers and Order Fillers2,010$40,840$43,55019.121.05
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors390$75,040$75,7603.691.17
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term750$58,770$55,1107.112.11
Surgical Technologists30$63,700$71,9000.320.42
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service100$52,010$53,3400.944.25
Tax Preparers—$29,210$37,600——
Teachers and Instructors, All Other90$47,330$64,4700.891.21
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary1,080$37,920$40,77010.241.12
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers100$82,530$77,5500.911.00
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers100$81,780$88,8300.931.48
Tellers450$44,180$42,6704.232.00
Tile and Stone Setters70$73,860$77,3300.703.02
Tire Repairers and Changers50$43,110$46,0900.510.73
Tour and Travel Guides410$46,980$48,5303.9011.34
Training and Development Specialists90$56,530$64,7600.870.29
Transportation Security Screeners250$70,160$69,5402.347.22
Transportation Workers, All Other—$50,870$53,100——
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers130$93,650$95,7101.220.86
Tutors70$45,650$46,0600.710.63
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers60$31,080$35,1000.540.68
Veterinarians70$104,240$104,3300.671.24
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers70$44,090$40,2700.680.84
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians50$49,460$47,6200.460.55
Waiters and Waitresses2,840$63,690$69,47026.931.84
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators140$65,550$64,8301.321.60
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers50$71,860$70,2700.430.16

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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