SOC 11-1011 · Management Occupations · May 2025

How much do Chief Executives make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Chief Executives in Urban Honolulu, HI is $315,920. The 10th percentile is $132,650 and the 90th percentile is $520,900. Employment is 340.

Median annual wage

$315,920

10th percentile
$132,650
25th percentile
$192,420
Median
$315,920
75th percentile
$427,140
90th percentile
$520,900
Mean
$334,000

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Chief Executives, the published 10th percentile is $132,650 and the 90th percentile is $520,900. The difference is $388,250, which is 122.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $192,420 to the 75th at $427,140, covers $234,720.

The mean annual wage is $334,000, which sits above the median of $315,920. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 47.6% higher than the national median of $213,990 for Chief Executives. In 2024 national prices the local median is $284,713, which is 33% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.2% higher than the Hawaii median of $281,640.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Urban Honolulu, HI is 110.961, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $315,920 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Chief Executives at $284,713 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Chief Executives. Urban Honolulu, HI ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 111 miles away, with a median of $204,040 and employment of 30. That median is 35.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $186,520, against $284,713 here.

Employment share

Chief Executives accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Urban Honolulu, HI (340 of 446,380). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (204,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI · Chief Executives by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Chief Executives make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Chief Executives in Urban Honolulu, HI is $315,920. The 10th percentile is $132,650 and the 90th percentile is $520,900. Employment is 340.

How does that compare with the national median for Chief Executives?

The local median is 47.6% higher than the national median of $213,990.

What is Chief Executives pay in Urban Honolulu, HI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Urban Honolulu, HI is 110.961, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $315,920 is $284,713. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Urban Honolulu, HI compare with nearby metros for Chief Executives?

Kahului-Wailuku, HI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 111 miles away, at $204,040. Urban Honolulu, HI ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.