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Dishwashers pay in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dishwashers is $45,930 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. It is $29,530 per year in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL. Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 55.5% above Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 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 760 in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL. 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