Urban Honolulu, HI

Across all occupations in the Urban Honolulu, HI metropolitan area, the median wage is $57,220 a year ($27.51 an hour) and the mean $71,940, May 2025. That median is +12% against the US median of $50,980 and +2% against Hawaii's $56,320. BLS counts 446,380 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: Urban Honolulu, HI vs Hawaii and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Urban Honolulu, HI area, Hawaii and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Urban Honolulu, HI	Hourly	$16.03	$19.09	$27.51	$40.67	$61.30	$34.59	446,380
Urban Honolulu, HI	Annual	$33,330	$39,710	$57,220	$84,590	$127,500	$71,940	446,380
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.

481 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 Urban Honolulu, HI

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$339,290	$163.12	1,480
2	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$338,130	$162.56	130
3	Chief Executives	$315,920	$151.88	340
4	Psychiatrists	$289,990	$139.42	140
5	Family Medicine Physicians	$218,990	$105.28	**
6	Pediatricians, General	$217,280	$104.46	380
7	Nurse Midwives	$184,620	$88.76	**
8	Physician Assistants	$170,060	$81.76	390
9	Dentists, General	$168,090	$80.81	650
10	Pharmacists	$165,090	$79.37	890
11	Medical and Health Services Managers	$151,180	$72.69	2,140
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$150,220	$72.22	1,040
13	Computer Hardware Engineers	$143,020	$68.76	60
13	Psychologists, All Other	$143,020	$68.76	140
15	Marriage and Family Therapists	$141,960	$68.25	190
16	Optometrists	$141,770	$68.16	170
17	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Hawaii	$141,510	$68.04	1,050
18	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$140,750	$67.67	350
19	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$140,590	$67.59	490
20	Registered Nurses in Hawaii	$139,260	$66.95	9,680

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 Urban Honolulu, HI

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Hawaii	17,240	38.63	1.56	$35,080
2	Retail Salespersons in Hawaii	12,810	28.70	1.14	$37,400
3	Registered Nurses in Hawaii	9,680	21.68	1.00	$139,260
4	General and Operations Managers in Hawaii	9,430	21.12	0.94	$113,940
5	Office Clerks, General in Hawaii	8,820	19.76	1.25	$41,600
6	Waiters and Waitresses in Hawaii	8,550	19.16	1.31	$60,250
7	Security Guards in Hawaii	8,440	18.92	2.29	$42,580
8	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Hawaii	8,090	18.13	1.28	$36,760
9	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Hawaii	7,220	16.19	1.75	$62,980
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Hawaii	7,020	15.72	0.83	$44,120
11	Cooks, Restaurant in Hawaii	6,960	15.59	1.72	$42,450
12	Cashiers in Hawaii	6,830	15.30	0.77	$35,930
13	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Hawaii	6,540	14.66	2.65	$53,850
14	Customer Service Representatives in Hawaii	6,260	14.02	0.84	$44,630
15	Stockers and Order Fillers in Hawaii	5,680	12.72	0.70	$38,440
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Hawaii	5,130	11.50	1.05	$50,020
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Hawaii	5,120	11.47	1.17	$55,280
18	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Hawaii	5,060	11.34	1.44	$48,310
19	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Hawaii	4,400	9.87	0.36	$37,770
20	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Hawaii	4,220	9.46	1.06	$73,080

Most concentrated occupations in Urban Honolulu, 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	Motorboat Operators	20.18	140	0.32	$81,440
2	Dancers	14.65	340	0.77	*
3	Baggage Porters and Bellhops	9.51	780	1.74	$39,660
4	Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	8.17	140	0.31	$87,570
5	Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other	7.31	260	0.59	$79,750
6	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	6.86	690	1.54	$57,330
7	Anthropologists and Archeologists	6.50	170	0.38	$84,530
8	Surgeons, All Other	5.62	410	0.91	*
9	Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	5.49	950	2.13	$31,010
10	Musicians and Singers	5.39	560	1.25	*

Occupation groups in Urban Honolulu, HI

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$121,140	$131,580	31,760	71.14	0.99
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$106,480	$129,030	27,450	61.49	0.97
Computer and Mathematical	$99,690	$103,380	10,250	22.95	0.68
Architecture and Engineering	$98,470	$101,250	8,100	18.15	1.08
Legal	$94,420	$106,120	3,450	7.73	0.92
Construction and Extraction	$84,940	$84,670	20,950	46.94	1.14
Business and Financial Operations	$79,750	$87,160	24,750	55.44	0.82
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$78,940	$82,940	5,630	12.62	1.33
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$66,780	$71,790	18,500	41.45	1.06
Educational Instruction and Library	$59,360	$67,060	30,110	67.45	1.15
Community and Social Service	$58,470	$64,680	8,110	18.17	1.06
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$58,290	$81,730	7,290	16.33	1.24
Production	$49,020	$57,680	9,520	21.34	0.39
Transportation and Material Moving	$48,900	$70,640	36,130	80.94	0.92
Office and Administrative Support	$48,310	$52,630	52,900	118.51	1.04
Protective Service	$46,610	$61,000	15,420	34.55	1.42
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$46,260	$46,170	19,960	44.71	1.53
Healthcare Support	$44,200	$48,890	15,180	34.00	0.67
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$42,960	$46,390	590	1.33	0.48
Sales and Related	$41,060	$50,810	34,150	76.50	0.89
Personal Care and Service	$40,320	$43,850	11,840	26.53	1.27
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$37,510	$46,170	54,350	121.75	1.38

Every occupation in Hawaii, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 481 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 Urban Honolulu, HI estimates (area 46520).

*: 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 Urban Honolulu, 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.