Hawaii was 11.9% above the U.S. median for Cashiers. It ranked 5 of 54 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Hawaii was 110, or 10% above the national price level. Its housing index was 125.3.
National-price-dollar proxy
$33,451
WageScope divides the published Cashiers median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 41-2011 and BLS area 15.
Questions, answered
Cashiers pay in Hawaii: common questions
What is the median wage for Cashiers in Hawaii?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $36,780 per year for Cashiers in Hawaii. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Cashiers pay higher in Hawaii than nationally?
Hawaii's published median was 11.9% above the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Hawaii?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 110.0 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Cashiers jobs does BLS estimate in Hawaii?
BLS published an employment estimate of 10,780 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
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The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Cashiers median in Hawaii at $36,780 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 41-2011 and BLS area 15.
BLS lists 10,780 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $38,450 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Hawaii's Cashiers median is 11.9% above the U.S. Cashiers median of $32,880 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 41-2011 and area 15. SOC 41-2011 names Cashiers. Area 15 names Hawaii. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 41-2011/15 row reports 10,780 wage and salary jobs, 17.18 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.86 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 41-2011/15, the annual median is $36,780 per year, while the matching mean is $38,450 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
Area 15 reports 627,530 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $70,270. Its annual median is $56,320. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 41-2011 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Hawaii runs from $34,170 at the 10th percentile to $123,660 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $40,370. The median is $56,320. The 75th percentile is $81,510. This is a place check, not a pay range for Cashiers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 15. They do not show related skills or a path into Cashiers.
1. Area 15, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 24,130 jobs, $35,250 annual median, 38.46 jobs per 1,000, and 1.55 location quotient.
2. Area 15, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 19,180 jobs, $37,790 annual median, 30.57 jobs per 1,000, and 1.22 location quotient.
3. Area 15, SOC 35-3031, Waiters and Waitresses: 14,090 jobs, $62,390 annual median, 22.45 jobs per 1,000, and 1.54 location quotient.
4. Area 15, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 13,380 jobs, $108,180 annual median, 21.32 jobs per 1,000, and 0.95 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Hawaii wage ladder for Cashiers
The 10th percentile is $30,310 per year. The 25th percentile is $33,640 per year. The median is $36,780 per year. The 75th percentile is $42,050 per year. The 90th percentile is $46,380 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $33,640 per year to $42,050 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $16,070. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Hawaii has a annual median of $36,780 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $32,880 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Hawaii. Hawaii is 11.9% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Hawaii ranks 5 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual median for Cashiers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 5 of 54 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
2. Washington has a Cashiers median of $38,720 per year, 61,050 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.87.
3. California has a Cashiers median of $37,100 per year, 336,110 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.93.
4. Colorado has a Cashiers median of $36,870 per year, 51,670 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.9.
6. Alaska has a Cashiers median of $36,130 per year, 5,810 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.9.
7. Vermont has a Cashiers median of $35,720 per year, 7,030 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.16.
Pay leaders
Where Cashiers medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 41-2011, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. District of Columbia has the highest published median in this set, at $38,880 per year. Hawaii sits at $36,780 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Cashiers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. District of Columbia has a Cashiers median of $38,880 per year, or $2,100 above Hawaii. BLS lists 6,060 jobs there, compared with 10,780 in Hawaii. The location quotient is 0.43.
2. Washington has a Cashiers median of $38,720 per year, or $1,940 above Hawaii. BLS lists 61,050 jobs there, compared with 10,780 in Hawaii. The location quotient is 0.87.
3. California has a Cashiers median of $37,100 per year, or $320 above Hawaii. BLS lists 336,110 jobs there, compared with 10,780 in Hawaii. The location quotient is 0.93.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Cashiers jobs
California has the largest published state job estimate for Cashiers in this same-source set, at 336,110 jobs. Hawaii has 10,780. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. California has 336,110 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 325,330 jobs from Hawaii. Its median is $37,100 per year, or $320 above Hawaii. Its location quotient is 0.93.
2. Texas has 245,730 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 234,950 jobs from Hawaii. Its median is $29,230 per year, or $7,550 below Hawaii. Its location quotient is 0.88.
3. Florida has 201,370 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 190,590 jobs from Hawaii. Its median is $30,530 per year, or $6,250 below Hawaii. Its location quotient is 1.02.
Local-share leaders
Where Cashiers takes the largest share of local jobs
Puerto Rico has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 1.46. Hawaii has 0.86. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Cashiers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Puerto Rico has a location quotient of 1.46, a gap of 0.60 from Hawaii. BLS lists 27,320 Cashiers jobs and a median of $22,140 per year, or $14,640 below Hawaii.
2. South Dakota has a location quotient of 1.41, a gap of 0.55 from Hawaii. BLS lists 12,860 Cashiers jobs and a median of $29,780 per year, or $7,000 below Hawaii.
3. Iowa has a location quotient of 1.34, a gap of 0.48 from Hawaii. BLS lists 41,450 Cashiers jobs and a median of $28,970 per year, or $7,810 below Hawaii.
Job scale and share
How common Cashiers is in Hawaii
BLS lists 10,780 Cashiers jobs in Hawaii. It also lists 17.18 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.86. A value of 1 means Cashiers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
The all-occupations median in Hawaii is $56,320 per year. The Cashiers median is $36,780 per year. Cashiers is 34.7% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Hawaii. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Cashiers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a Hawaii median of $36,810 per year. BLS lists 5,470 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
2. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Hawaii median of $37,710 per year. BLS lists 11,230 jobs and a location quotient of 1.26.
3. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Hawaii median of $37,790 per year. BLS lists 19,180 jobs and a location quotient of 1.22.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Hawaii
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Hawaii table, at 24,130 jobs. Cashiers has 10,780 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 627,530. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Cashiers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 24,130 jobs in Hawaii, a gap of 13,350 from Cashiers. Its median is $35,250 per year, or $1,530 below Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.55.
2. Retail Salespersons has 19,180 jobs in Hawaii, a gap of 8,400 from Cashiers. Its median is $37,790 per year, or $1,010 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.22.
3. Waiters and Waitresses has 14,090 jobs in Hawaii, a gap of 3,310 from Cashiers. Its median is $62,390 per year, or $25,610 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.54.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Hawaii
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Hawaii role table, at $136,320 per year. Cashiers has $36,780 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $56,320 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $136,320 per year in Hawaii, or $99,540 above Cashiers. BLS lists 12,940 jobs, compared with 10,780 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.95.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $108,180 per year in Hawaii, or $71,400 above Cashiers. BLS lists 13,380 jobs, compared with 10,780 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.95.
3. Carpenters has a median of $85,280 per year in Hawaii, or $48,500 above Cashiers. BLS lists 4,810 jobs, compared with 10,780 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.78.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Hawaii
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has the highest location quotient in the bounded Hawaii role table, at 3.2. Cashiers has 0.86. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Cashiers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 3.2 in Hawaii, a gap of 2.34 from Cashiers. BLS lists 11,120 jobs and a median of $51,600 per year, or $14,820 above Cashiers.
2. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.96 in Hawaii, a gap of 1.10 from Cashiers. BLS lists 10,160 jobs and a median of $42,820 per year, or $6,040 above Cashiers.
3. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.95 in Hawaii, a gap of 1.09 from Cashiers. BLS lists 11,090 jobs and a median of $45,420 per year, or $8,640 above Cashiers.
Price-level view
What $36,780 may mean after the Hawaii price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Hawaii is 110.0. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 10.0% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $36,780 Cashiers median by 110.0 divided by 100. The result is $33,451 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 125.3. Goods are 111.6. Utilities are 190.2. Other services are 102.9. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Cashiers row is 6.4%. The mean-wage RSE is 1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 10,780 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $38,450 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Cashiers. It uses a Hawaii place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $36,780 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 10,780 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.86 is not a growth score. Rank 5 of 54 is not a place score. The 110.0 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 41-2011 in BLS area 15. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
5. Area 15, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 12,940 jobs, $136,320 annual median, 20.62 jobs per 1,000, and 0.95 location quotient.
6. Area 15, SOC 43-9061, Office Clerks, General: 12,930 jobs, $42,340 annual median, 20.6 jobs per 1,000, and 1.3 location quotient.
4. Colorado has a Cashiers median of $36,870 per year, or $90 above Hawaii. BLS lists 51,670 jobs there, compared with 10,780 in Hawaii. The location quotient is 0.9.
5. Hawaii has a Cashiers median of $36,780 per year, or $0 above Hawaii. BLS lists 10,780 jobs there, compared with 10,780 in Hawaii. The location quotient is 0.86.
6. Alaska has a Cashiers median of $36,130 per year, or $650 below Hawaii. BLS lists 5,810 jobs there, compared with 10,780 in Hawaii. The location quotient is 0.9.
7. Vermont has a Cashiers median of $35,720 per year, or $1,060 below Hawaii. BLS lists 7,030 jobs there, compared with 10,780 in Hawaii. The location quotient is 1.16.
8. Connecticut has a Cashiers median of $35,550 per year, or $1,230 below Hawaii. BLS lists 30,920 jobs there, compared with 10,780 in Hawaii. The location quotient is 0.92.
4. New York has 158,890 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 148,110 jobs from Hawaii. Its median is $35,500 per year, or $1,280 below Hawaii. Its location quotient is 0.83.
5. Illinois has 139,630 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 128,850 jobs from Hawaii. Its median is $34,490 per year, or $2,290 below Hawaii. Its location quotient is 1.15.
6. Pennsylvania has 110,950 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 100,170 jobs from Hawaii. Its median is $29,220 per year, or $7,560 below Hawaii. Its location quotient is 0.92.
7. New Jersey has 107,680 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 96,900 jobs from Hawaii. Its median is $34,590 per year, or $2,190 below Hawaii. Its location quotient is 1.26.
8. North Carolina has 106,440 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 95,660 jobs from Hawaii. Its median is $28,880 per year, or $7,900 below Hawaii. Its location quotient is 1.08.
4. Mississippi has a location quotient of 1.32, a gap of 0.46 from Hawaii. BLS lists 30,490 Cashiers jobs and a median of $26,390 per year, or $10,390 below Hawaii.
5. New Hampshire has a location quotient of 1.27, a gap of 0.41 from Hawaii. BLS lists 17,250 Cashiers jobs and a median of $33,840 per year, or $2,940 below Hawaii.
6. New Jersey has a location quotient of 1.26, a gap of 0.40 from Hawaii. BLS lists 107,680 Cashiers jobs and a median of $34,590 per year, or $2,190 below Hawaii.
7. West Virginia has a location quotient of 1.25, a gap of 0.39 from Hawaii. BLS lists 17,360 Cashiers jobs and a median of $26,370 per year, or $10,410 below Hawaii.
8. Guam (territory) has a location quotient of 1.23, a gap of 0.37 from Hawaii. BLS lists 1,620 Cashiers jobs and a median of $21,610 per year, or $15,170 below Hawaii.
4. General and Operations Managers has 13,380 jobs in Hawaii, a gap of 2,600 from Cashiers. Its median is $108,180 per year, or $71,400 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.95.
5. Registered Nurses has 12,940 jobs in Hawaii, a gap of 2,160 from Cashiers. Its median is $136,320 per year, or $99,540 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.95.
6. Office Clerks, General has 12,930 jobs in Hawaii, a gap of 2,150 from Cashiers. Its median is $42,340 per year, or $5,560 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.3.
7. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 11,230 jobs in Hawaii, a gap of 450 from Cashiers. Its median is $37,710 per year, or $930 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.26.
8. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 11,120 jobs in Hawaii, a gap of 340 from Cashiers. Its median is $51,600 per year, or $14,820 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 3.2.
4. Construction Laborers has a median of $77,110 per year in Hawaii, or $40,330 above Cashiers. BLS lists 4,580 jobs, compared with 10,780 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.03.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $74,500 per year in Hawaii, or $37,720 above Cashiers. BLS lists 4,670 jobs, compared with 10,780 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.8.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $74,310 per year in Hawaii, or $37,530 above Cashiers. BLS lists 5,590 jobs, compared with 10,780 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.3.
7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $71,410 per year in Hawaii, or $34,630 above Cashiers. BLS lists 6,040 jobs, compared with 10,780 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.08.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $63,080 per year in Hawaii, or $26,300 above Cashiers. BLS lists 10,090 jobs, compared with 10,780 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.74.
4. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 1.83 in Hawaii, a gap of 0.97 from Cashiers. BLS lists 7,040 jobs and a median of $45,920 per year, or $9,140 above Cashiers.
5. Carpenters has a location quotient of 1.78 in Hawaii, a gap of 0.92 from Cashiers. BLS lists 4,810 jobs and a median of $85,280 per year, or $48,500 above Cashiers.
6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a location quotient of 1.74 in Hawaii, a gap of 0.88 from Cashiers. BLS lists 10,090 jobs and a median of $63,080 per year, or $26,300 above Cashiers.
7. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.65 in Hawaii, a gap of 0.79 from Cashiers. BLS lists 5,950 jobs and a median of $38,160 per year, or $1,380 above Cashiers.
8. Fast Food and Counter Workers has a location quotient of 1.55 in Hawaii, a gap of 0.69 from Cashiers. BLS lists 24,130 jobs and a median of $35,250 per year, or $1,530 below Cashiers.
Precise employer-title matches for Cashiers in Hawaii
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Hawaii place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
