SOC 29-2032 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Diagnostic Medical Sonographers make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Urban Honolulu, HI is $123,070. The 10th percentile is $81,320 and the 90th percentile is $135,660. Employment is 160.

Median annual wage

$123,070

10th percentile
$81,320
25th percentile
$112,970
Median
$123,070
75th percentile
$129,650
90th percentile
$135,660
Mean
$118,010

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, the published 10th percentile is $81,320 and the 90th percentile is $135,660. The difference is $54,340, which is 44.2% 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 $112,970 to the 75th at $129,650, covers $16,680.

The mean annual wage is $118,010, which sits below the median of $123,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 27.4% higher than the national median of $96,590 for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $110,913, which is 14.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.1% lower than the Hawaii median of $124,430.

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 $123,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Diagnostic Medical Sonographers at $110,913 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 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. Urban Honolulu, HI ranks 2nd 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 $125,670 and employment of 30. That median is 2.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $114,879, against $110,913 here.

Employment share

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Urban Honolulu, HI (160 of 446,380). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (90,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 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 · Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 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 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Urban Honolulu, HI is $123,070. The 10th percentile is $81,320 and the 90th percentile is $135,660. Employment is 160.

How does that compare with the national median for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers?

The local median is 27.4% higher than the national median of $96,590.

What is Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 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 $123,070 is $110,913. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Urban Honolulu, HI compare with nearby metros for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers?

Kahului-Wailuku, HI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 111 miles away, at $125,670. Urban Honolulu, HI ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.