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Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers pay in Urban Honolulu, HI and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers is $105,910 per year in Urban Honolulu, HI. It is $48,920 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Urban Honolulu, HI is 116.5% above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2081 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 710 wage and salary jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI and 270 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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