Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Across all occupations in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metropolitan area, the median wage is $57,640 a year ($27.71 an hour) and the mean $68,720, May 2025. That median is +13% against the US median of $50,980 and +2% against Hawaii's $56,320. BLS counts 73,750 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is waiters and waitresses.

All occupations: Kahului-Wailuku, HI vs Hawaii and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI area, Hawaii and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	Hourly	$17.51	$21.33	$27.71	$37.99	$55.56	$33.04	73,750
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	Annual	$36,430	$44,370	$57,640	$79,030	$115,570	$68,720	73,750
Hawaii	Hourly	$16.43	$19.41	$27.08	$39.19	$59.45	$33.78	627,530
Hawaii	Annual	$34,170	$40,370	$56,320	$81,510	$123,660	$70,270	627,530
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

242 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Hawaii. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$289,010	$138.95	140
2	Chief Executives	$204,040	$98.10	30
3	Nurse Practitioners	$164,210	$78.95	60
4	Pharmacists	$160,440	$77.13	90
5	Dentists, General	$159,620	$76.74	80
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$159,360	$76.61	60
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Hawaii	$150,900	$72.55	70
8	Lawyers in Hawaii	$148,370	$71.33	160
9	Medical and Health Services Managers	$148,080	$71.19	180
10	Veterinarians	$146,590	$70.48	40
11	Registered Nurses in Hawaii	$144,350	$69.40	1,270
12	Electrical Engineers	$137,030	$65.88	70
13	Physician Assistants	$134,960	$64.89	50
14	Software Developers in Hawaii	$133,870	$64.36	110
15	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$132,370	$63.64	**
16	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$132,160	*	200
17	Information Security Analysts	$131,640	$63.29	**
18	Construction Managers	$130,810	$62.89	360
19	Financial Managers in Hawaii	$128,990	$62.02	300
20	Sales Managers in Hawaii	$128,600	$61.83	210

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Waiters and Waitresses in Hawaii	2,700	36.58	2.50	$82,550
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Hawaii	2,590	35.15	1.42	$37,840
3	Retail Salespersons in Hawaii	2,510	34.02	1.36	$39,630
4	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Hawaii	2,260	30.60	5.53	$53,030
5	Cooks, Restaurant in Hawaii	1,770	23.99	2.65	$49,560
6	General and Operations Managers in Hawaii	1,650	22.42	1.00	$108,010
7	Office Clerks, General in Hawaii	1,510	20.42	1.29	$45,740
8	Cashiers in Hawaii	1,500	20.38	1.03	$39,010
9	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Hawaii	1,350	18.34	1.86	$63,980
10	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Hawaii	1,310	17.73	2.89	$48,570
11	Registered Nurses in Hawaii	1,270	17.24	0.79	$144,350
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Hawaii	1,240	16.80	1.18	$38,810
12	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Hawaii	1,240	16.87	1.83	$68,630
14	Stockers and Order Fillers in Hawaii	1,120	15.24	0.84	$42,910
15	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Hawaii	1,040	14.05	0.74	$47,490
16	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Hawaii	990	13.44	1.86	$59,420
17	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Hawaii	970	13.22	1.68	$56,600
18	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	840	11.37	3.26	$61,230
19	Bartenders in Hawaii	800	10.79	2.22	$86,280
19	Dishwashers	800	10.87	3.54	$45,930

Most concentrated occupations in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Baggage Porters and Bellhops	21.72	290	3.98	$43,240
2	Passenger Attendants	15.89	200	2.77	$42,360
3	Tour and Travel Guides	10.34	260	3.56	$49,430
4	Concierges	8.55	200	2.71	$63,430
5	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	7.91	450	6.04	$46,520
6	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	7.83	140	1.86	$80,800
7	Massage Therapists	7.07	330	4.49	$96,820
8	Cargo and Freight Agents	6.63	310	4.16	$42,840
9	Transportation Security Screeners	6.50	160	2.10	$72,510
10	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	5.90	730	9.91	$60,360

Occupation groups in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$107,480	$126,660	3,190	43.30	0.69
Management	$105,000	$121,960	4,910	66.57	0.93
Architecture and Engineering	$97,490	$108,300	440	5.97	0.35
Computer and Mathematical	$87,990	$104,240	730	9.91	0.29
Legal	$87,750	$109,080	320	4.30	0.51
Construction and Extraction	$81,790	$87,080	3,530	47.90	1.16
Business and Financial Operations	$74,280	$80,830	2,250	30.49	0.45
Protective Service	$69,570	$70,410	2,150	29.10	1.20
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$66,980	$71,240	3,280	44.48	1.14
Educational Instruction and Library	$63,610	$68,630	3,820	51.77	0.88
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$60,560	$67,970	620	8.42	0.89
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$60,360	$73,200	980	13.28	1.01
Community and Social Service	$56,910	$63,250	1,280	17.37	1.01
Office and Administrative Support	$52,680	$56,520	9,030	122.43	1.07
Production	$51,070	$57,610	1,560	21.17	0.38
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$49,840	$51,250	5,400	73.16	2.50
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$49,150	$61,120	12,570	170.49	1.94
Personal Care and Service	$49,070	$52,220	2,680	36.28	1.73
Healthcare Support	$47,630	$55,090	2,280	30.85	0.61
Transportation and Material Moving	$47,580	$53,920	5,660	76.73	0.87
Sales and Related	$45,610	$51,010	6,720	91.13	1.06
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$43,960	$47,150	360	4.90	1.75

Every occupation in Hawaii, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 242 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Kahului-Wailuku, HI estimates (area 27980).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.