SOC 47-2071 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators in Urban Honolulu, HI is $111,360. The 10th percentile is $51,230 and the 90th percentile is $111,370. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$111,360

10th percentile
$51,230
25th percentile
$71,120
Median
$111,360
75th percentile
$111,360
90th percentile
$111,370
Mean
$94,450

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators, the published 10th percentile is $51,230 and the 90th percentile is $111,370. The difference is $60,140, which is 54.0% 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 $71,120 to the 75th at $111,360, covers $40,240.

The mean annual wage is $94,450, which sits below the median of $111,360. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 108.8% higher than the national median of $53,340 for Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $100,360, which is 88.2% 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 $111,360.

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 $111,360 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators at $100,360 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 Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators in Urban Honolulu, HI is $111,360. The 10th percentile is $51,230 and the 90th percentile is $111,370.

How does that compare with the national median for Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators?

The local median is 108.8% higher than the national median of $53,340.

What is Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 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 $111,360 is $100,360. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.