Waiters and Waitresses · SOC 35-3031
Waiters and Waitresses Salary in the Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Waiters and Waitresses in the Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $63,690 per year ($30.62 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,120 at the 10th percentile to $124,000 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,840 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Waiters and Waitresses in the Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area earn more than $63,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,010 and $96,320.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $29,120 | $30,010 | $63,690 | $96,320 | $124,000 |
| Hourly | $14.00 | $14.43 | $30.62 | $46.31 | $59.62 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$63,690 median for Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,010 to $96,320
- Hawaiistate$62,390 median for Hawaii; middle half earns $30,090 to $96,010
- United Statesnational$35,230 median for United States; middle half earns $27,750 to $47,110
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs Hawaii overall and +81% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Hawaii
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for waiters and waitresses, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan areathis page$63,690 median for Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,010 to $96,320
- $82,550 median for Kahului metro area; middle half earns $37,070 to $120,680
- $60,250 median for Urban Honolulu metro area; middle half earns $29,320 to $80,690
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for waiters and waitressess · Highest-paying occupations in Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.