SOC 25-9045 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary make in Kahului-Wailuku, HI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Kahului-Wailuku, HI is $40,280. The 10th percentile is $29,460 and the 90th percentile is $51,440. Employment is 640.

Median annual wage

$40,280

10th percentile
$29,460
25th percentile
$38,130
Median
$40,280
75th percentile
$47,190
90th percentile
$51,440
Mean
$42,240

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

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Percentile spread

For Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $29,460 and the 90th percentile is $51,440. The difference is $21,980, which is 54.6% 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 $38,130 to the 75th at $47,190, covers $9,060.

The mean annual wage is $42,240, which sits above the median of $40,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Kahului-Wailuku, HI median is 9.5% higher than the national median of $36,780 for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,821, which is 0.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.4% higher than the Hawaii median of $36,810.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 109.393, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,280 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary at $36,821 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 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary. Kahului-Wailuku, 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).).

  • Urban Honolulu, HI is 111 miles away, with a median of $36,100 and employment of 3,750. That median is 10.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,534, against $36,821 here.

Employment share

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary accounts for 0.87% of wage-and-salary employment in Kahului-Wailuku, HI (640 of 73,750). Nationally the occupation is 0.91% of employment (1,420,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary make in Kahului-Wailuku, HI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Kahului-Wailuku, HI is $40,280. The 10th percentile is $29,460 and the 90th percentile is $51,440. Employment is 640.

How does that compare with the national median for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary?

The local median is 9.5% higher than the national median of $36,780.

What is Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary pay in Kahului-Wailuku, HI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 109.393, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $40,280 is $36,821. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Kahului-Wailuku, HI compare with nearby metros for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary?

Urban Honolulu, HI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 111 miles away, at $36,100. Kahului-Wailuku, HI ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.