State labor market
Hawaii labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Hawaii. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Hawaii hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Hawaii.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Hawaii workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
General and operations managers
13,380estimated employmentMaids and housekeeping cleaners
11,120estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Hawaii figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$136,320/yr Hawaii median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$124,040/yr Hawaii median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$96,460/yr Hawaii median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$74,500/yr Hawaii median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$71,410/yr Hawaii median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$117,770/yr Hawaii median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Hawaii occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Hawaii workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Bartenders$76,490/yr state median · 3,540 workers+122.7%vs. U.S. $34,340/yr
- Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators$115,860/yr state median · 2,380 workers+93.6%vs. U.S. $59,850/yr
- Waiters and waitresses$62,390/yr state median · 14,090 workers+77.1%vs. U.S. $35,230/yr
- Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks$59,110/yr state median · 2,810 workers+68.5%vs. U.S. $35,070/yr
- Construction laborers$77,110/yr state median · 4,580 workers+63.6%vs. U.S. $47,120/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Market research analysts and marketing specialists$59,390/yr state median · 1,610 workers-24.6%vs. U.S. $78,760/yr
- Office and administrative support workers, all other$34,500/yr state median · 1,800 workers-24.5%vs. U.S. $45,670/yr
- Project management specialists$78,000/yr state median · 1,560 workers-23.8%vs. U.S. $102,320/yr
- Lawyers$124,990/yr state median · 2,270 workers-21.7%vs. U.S. $159,670/yr
- Sales managers$116,340/yr state median · 1,710 workers-21.5%vs. U.S. $148,270/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Hawaii
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Hawaii. Links marked “Hawaii report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Hawaii report is available.
518 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.