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Dishwashers pay in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dishwashers is $45,930 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. It is $28,690 per year in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 60.1% above Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 35-9021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 800 wage and salary jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and 250 in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings