Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Honolulu, HI

The top 100 highest paying jobs in Honolulu, HI (ranked by annual average salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid workers) and the number of employment of each job in Honolulu, HI are also shown. We note from the table that the highest paying profession in Honolulu, HI is astronomers with an average annual salary of $150,770. The second highest paying job is chief executive (average salary $144,350). The salary and the employment information in Honolulu, HI is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2018 [1].

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Honolulu, HI

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl i
1	Astronomers	$150,770	$75,950	50
2	Chief Executives	$144,350	$57,210	1,530
3	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$136,130	$169,960	80
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$116,390	$81,630	550
5	Medical and Health Services Managers	$109,550	$64,960	990
6	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$99,530	$58,540	290
7	Natural Sciences Managers	$98,390	$61,690	160
8	Construction Managers	$98,220	$56,040	1,250
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$94,930	$59,110	620
10	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$91,890	$69,100	540
11	Historians	$89,970	$57,800	30
12	All Other Managers	$89,680	$35,800	2,150
13	Financial Managers	$87,370	$55,940	1,630
14	General and Operations Managers	$86,620	$43,900	7,960
15	Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	$85,880	$50,280	280
16	Purchasing Managers	$83,790	$53,310	210
17	Human Resources Managers	$83,720	$54,330	360
18	Logisticians	$82,750	$57,710	370
19	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$82,450	$54,910	180
20	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$80,870	$55,230	40
21	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$80,410	$62,300	740
22	Marketing Managers	$80,180	$50,360	430
23	Power Plant Operators	$79,530	$52,620	110
24	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$78,940	$49,850	360
25	Training and Development Managers	$76,790	$50,700	70
26	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$75,990	$45,420	40
27	Management Analysts	$73,690	$45,270	1,640
28	Budget Analysts	$73,290	$48,920	270
29	Sales Managers	$71,420	$43,580	1,650
30	Compliance Officers	$70,690	$43,180	850
31	Other Education Administrators	$70,200	$41,460	170
32	Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	$69,620	$48,960	110
33	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$69,050	$56,610	40
34	Postsecondary Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers	$67,930	$28,990	120
35	Industrial Production Managers	$67,930	$33,590	130
36	Fundraisers	$67,210	$38,340	240
37	Cost Estimators	$66,240	$32,460	710
38	Financial Analysts	$65,700	$42,850	250
39	Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	$65,620	$42,420	50
40	Other Business Operations Specialists	$63,570	$35,580	4,030
41	Administrative Services Managers	$63,260	$38,000	1,200
42	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	$62,420	$38,380	830
43	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$60,450	$35,890	620
44	Social and Community Service Managers	$58,860	$34,850	550
45	Credit Analysts	$58,800	$37,680	140
46	Human Resources Specialists	$57,890	$31,910	1,310
47	Training and Development Specialists	$57,790	$34,290	590
48	Legislators	$57,630	$52,090	90
49	Emergency Management Directors	$57,190	$43,630	50
50	Accountants and Auditors	$57,150	$35,660	3,680
51	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$57,010	$38,980	30
52	Fish and Game Wardens	$55,970	$45,450	30
53	Labor Relations Specialists	$55,660	$17,810	320
54	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$54,950	$41,880	150
55	Lodging Managers	$52,830	$35,840	210
56	Agricultural Inspectors	$52,730	$37,760	50
57	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$52,030	$32,890	230
58	Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	$51,520	$27,740	230
59	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$51,460	$32,300	740
60	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	$49,470	$33,040	140
61	Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$48,700	$32,950	260
62	Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	$48,600	$34,390	680
63	Food Service Managers	$47,930	$30,320	1,360
64	Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	$47,450	$40,430	130
65	Solar Photovoltaic Installers	$47,180	$34,840	90
66	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators	$46,780	$30,040	40
67	Preschool and Childcare Center Education Administrators	$46,630	$28,380	230
68	Court Reporters	$46,350	$32,850	0
69	All Other Teachers and Instructors Except Substitute Teachers	$46,290	$29,020	1,160
70	Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	$45,040	$32,080	40
71	Property, Real Estate Managers	$44,170	$21,420	1,960
72	Fashion Designers	$41,670	$29,780	40
73	Communications Equipment Operators, All Other	$41,430	$22,380	0
74	Bailiffs	$41,270	$32,930	30
75	Exercise Physiologists	$41,190	$27,900	30
76	Graduate Teaching Assistants	$41,130	$32,960	1,650
77	Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	$39,580	$22,950	770
78	Museum Technicians and Conservators	$39,410	$24,710	30
79	Other Postsecondary Teachers	$38,990	$26,640	200
80	Forest and Conservation Technicians	$38,630	$32,270	60
81	All Occupations	$38,320	$18,750	448,520
82	Farm Products Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$37,320	$31,320	30
83	Statistical Assistants	$37,270	$29,720	40
84	Floor, Ceiling, and Wall Insulation Workers	$34,670	$24,980	0
85	Desktop Publishers	$34,580	$21,620	70
86	Set and Exhibit Designers	$33,540	$25,880	0
87	Parking Enforcement Workers	$32,360	$25,960	30
88	Prepress Technicians and Workers	$29,060	$22,030	40
89	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$27,700	$20,230	40
90	Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$25,400	$17,290	100
91	Grinding and Polishing Workers	$23,580	$16,340	70
92	Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$23,530	$18,850	40
93	Roofers Helpers	$21,530	$16,730	0
94	Bicycle Repairers	$19,590	$16,380	60
95	Film and Video Editors	$18,280	$15,950	0

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