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Average Secondary School Teachers, Except Special And Career/Technical Education Salary in Hawaii

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special And Career/Technical Education in Hawaii earn a median annual salary of $61,830, which is -4.3% compared to the national median. There are 7,130 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Hawaii (state).

$61,830
Hawaii median annual wage
-4.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $64,580
7,130
Local employment
11.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.65
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$47,330
25th
$51,640
Median
$61,830
75th
$75,030
90th
$78,210

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 Hawaii, 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
110.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$56,234
Goods: 111.6%
Services: 190.2%
Rents: 125.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$99,640Compare14,730
California$98,710Compare96,050
New York$98,370Compare76,730
Rhode Island$89,040Compare5,030
Massachusetts$88,990Compare29,100
New Jersey$80,440Compare34,510

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 Hawaii

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$231,5000.67
Family Medicine Physicians$222,790N/A
Pediatricians, General$208,6202.34
Psychiatrists$203,4401.18
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$203,2901.16
Physician Assistants$163,0200.70
Computer Hardware Engineers$155,3900.47
Pharmacists$150,7100.99

Hawaii has salary data for 554 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special And Career/Technical Education in Hawaii

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Secondary School Teachers, Except Special And Career/Technical Education are projected to change by -1.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 66,200 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.