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Accountants & Auditors salary in Honolulu, HI

Median pay for accountants & auditors in Honolulu, HI: $70,470/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $52,000 – $119,060 · about 3,780 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($74,290) by −$3,820 (-5%).

What it's really worth in Honolulu

With Honolulu's cost of living at 111 (US=100), that $70,470 has the buying power of about $63,245 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $99,816 · median home $851,163 · median rent $2,980/mo.

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How Honolulu ranks for this job

On raw pay, Honolulu, HI is 130th of the 187 metros we hold accountants & auditors wages for. Once Honolulu's cost of living is applied, it ranks 184th.

The headline number flatters Honolulu. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, accountants & auditors here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Honolulu

A median home in Honolulu, HI costs $851,163 — about 12.1× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $2,980/mo works out at 51% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where accountants & auditors earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Honolulu.

MetroMedian payvs HonoluluRent vs Honolulu
San Jose, CA $113,980 +62% 1.2×
San Francisco, CA $103,990 +48% 1.1×
New York, NY $103,900 +47% 1.2×
Washington, DC $97,320 +38% 0.8×

Who hires accountants & auditors around Honolulu

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

Other jobs in Honolulu

Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 187 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.