SOC 53-3099 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Urban Honolulu, HI is $64,800. The 10th percentile is $32,540 and the 90th percentile is $79,750. Employment is 180.

Median annual wage

$64,800

10th percentile
$32,540
25th percentile
$37,500
Median
$64,800
75th percentile
$74,070
90th percentile
$79,750
Mean
$58,490

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $32,540 and the 90th percentile is $79,750. The difference is $47,210, which is 72.9% 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 $37,500 to the 75th at $74,070, covers $36,570.

The mean annual wage is $58,490, which sits below the median of $64,800. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 74.3% higher than the national median of $37,180 for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,399, which is 57.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6% higher than the Hawaii median of $61,110.

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 $64,800 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other at $58,399 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 Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Urban Honolulu, HI (180 of 446,380). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (46,880 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.34 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 · Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 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 Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Urban Honolulu, HI is $64,800. The 10th percentile is $32,540 and the 90th percentile is $79,750. Employment is 180.

How does that compare with the national median for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other?

The local median is 74.3% higher than the national median of $37,180.

What is Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 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 $64,800 is $58,399. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.