SOC 51-4041 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Machinists make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Machinists in Urban Honolulu, HI is $84,410. The 10th percentile is $55,950 and the 90th percentile is $104,900. Employment is 250.

Median annual wage

$84,410

10th percentile
$55,950
25th percentile
$63,380
Median
$84,410
75th percentile
$92,750
90th percentile
$104,900
Mean
$81,140

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Machinists, the published 10th percentile is $55,950 and the 90th percentile is $104,900. The difference is $48,950, which is 58.0% 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 $63,380 to the 75th at $92,750, covers $29,370.

The mean annual wage is $81,140, which sits below the median of $84,410. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 43.7% higher than the national median of $58,750 for Machinists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $76,072, which is 29.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Hawaii median of $84,410.

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 $84,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Machinists at $76,072 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Machinists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Machinists accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Urban Honolulu, HI (250 of 446,380). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (287,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.30 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 · Machinists 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 Machinists make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Machinists in Urban Honolulu, HI is $84,410. The 10th percentile is $55,950 and the 90th percentile is $104,900. Employment is 250.

How does that compare with the national median for Machinists?

The local median is 43.7% higher than the national median of $58,750.

What is Machinists 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 $84,410 is $76,072. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.