How much do Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

Percentile spread

For Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers, the published 10th percentile is $50,230 and the 90th percentile is $119,660. The difference is $69,430, which is 65.6% 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 $77,230 to the 75th at $115,380, covers $38,150.

The mean annual wage is $97,000, which sits below the median of $105,910. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 79.7% higher than the national median of $58,930 for Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $95,448, which is 62% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1% higher than the Hawaii median of $104,830.

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 $105,910 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers at $95,448 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 Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers. 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 $83,190 and employment of 60. That median is 21.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,047, against $95,448 here.

Employment share

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Urban Honolulu, HI (710 of 446,380). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (83,080 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.98 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.