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Average Bartenders Salary in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Bartenders in Kahului-Wailuku, HI earn a median annual salary of $86,280, which is +151.3% compared to the national median. There are 800 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Kahului-Wailuku, HI (metro area).

$86,280
Kahului-Wailuku, HI median annual wage
$41/hour median
+151.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $34,340
800
Local employment
10.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.22
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$38,180
25th
$61,670
Median
$86,280
75th
$105,150
90th
$131,230

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
109.4%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$78,872
Goods: 111.6%
Services: 190.6%
Rents: 119.2%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Urban Honolulu, HI $75,340 Compare 2,130
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $61,220 Compare 38,510
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $58,180 Compare 9,640
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $56,640 Compare 270
Bellingham, WA $56,110 Compare 600
Kennewick-Richland, WA $55,820 Compare 600

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $289,010 0.89
Chief Executives $204,040 0.36
Nurse Practitioners $164,210 0.41
Pharmacists $160,440 0.61
Dentists, General $159,620 1.34
Architectural And Engineering Managers $159,360 0.55
Computer And Information Systems Managers $150,900 0.21
Lawyers $148,370 0.43

Kahului-Wailuku, HI has salary data for 244 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Bartenders in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Bartenders are projected to change by +5.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 129,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.