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Marketing Managers salary in Honolulu, HI

Median pay for marketing managers in Honolulu, HI: $126,110/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $87,940 – $239,200 · about 260 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($127,800) by −$1,690 (-1%).

What it's really worth in Honolulu

With Honolulu's cost of living at 111 (US=100), that $126,110 has the buying power of about $113,180 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 102nd of the 183 metros we hold marketing managers wages for. Once Honolulu's cost of living is applied, it ranks 152nd.

The headline number flatters Honolulu. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, marketing managers 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 6.7× 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 28% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where marketing managers 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 $217,300 +72% 1.2×
San Francisco, CA $209,170 +66% 1.1×
Trenton, NJ $202,000 +60% 0.9×
New York, NY $176,530 +40% 1.2×

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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 183 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.