- The middle half earn between $40.61 and $58.41 an hour.
- Only 4 states pay construction supervisors more at the median.
- Hawaii pays more than both nearby states it is compared with.
- BLS counts about 2,890 construction supervisors on payrolls in Hawaii.
- At the state median wage, a contracting business needs to bill about $157.24 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Construction Supervisor pay in Hawaii, bottom to top
BLS calls this group first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers: the foremen and crew leads who run the work on site.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $31.04 | $64,570 | $25.62 |
| 25th percentile | $40.61 | $84,470 | $30.48 |
| Median | $49.34 | $102,630 | $38.42 |
| 75th percentile | $58.41 | $121,490 | $48.78 |
| 90th percentile | $63.73 | $132,550 | $61.66 |
| Average (mean) | $49.52 | $103,000 | $41.56 |
Pay is bunched up in Hawaii. The top tenth earn $63.73 an hour or more, about 2.1 times the $31.04 at the bottom tenth. Nationally that gap is 2.4 times, so the step from the bottom of the scale to the top is shorter here than in most places.
Both ends of the scale beat the national figures: $31.04 against $25.62 at the bottom tenth, and $63.73 against $61.66 at the top.
The average, $49.52, is close to the median, so pay sits fairly evenly around the middle.
How Hawaii compares with other states
Over a full year, the Hawaii median of $102,630 is $22,710 more than the national $79,920.
In the state ranking, Hawaii sits 5th, between Oregon ($49.55) and Alaska ($49.10). The range runs from $29.44 in Arkansas to $52.68 in Washington.
Hawaii has no land border, so it is set here against California and Alaska. Hawaii pays more than both.
These are wages as paid, not adjusted for what it costs to live in Hawaii. Rent, home prices and taxes decide how far a higher wage goes.
| Nearby state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against Hawaii |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | $49.34 | $102,630 | |
| California | $46.96 | $97,680 | −$2.38 an hour |
| Alaska | $49.10 | $102,140 | −$0.24 an hour |
How many construction supervisors work in Hawaii
About 2,890 construction supervisors work on payrolls in Hawaii, 0.4% of the 812,210 nationwide, the 45th largest count among the states.
That is 4.6 of every 1,000 jobs in Hawaii, close to the trade's share of jobs nationally.
What a contracting business in Hawaii should charge
Higher wages in Hawaii go straight into the price. Take a contracting business in Hawaii paying the state median of $49.34 and run it through the labor rate calculator with its starting numbers (40-hour weeks, 10 paid days off, 2 unbilled hours a day, 7.65% payroll taxes, $90,000 a year of overhead and 15% profit).
| Step | Math | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Paid hours | 40 × 52 | 2,080 |
| Hours at work | 2,080 − 10 days × 8 | 2,000 |
| Billable hours | 2,000 × 6 ÷ 8 | 1,500 |
| Labor cost | $49.34 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $110,478 |
| Break-even rate | ($110,478 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $133.65 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $133.65 ÷ 0.85 | $157.24 |
That is $157.24 per billable hour, 3.2 times the wage, and $19.18 more than the $138.06 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $58.41 in Hawaii, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $173.17.
At this wage the pay itself is the biggest part of the price, so every raise shows up in the rate: a dollar more an hour adds about $1.76 per billed hour.
Run it with your own numbers in the labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Where these numbers come from
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
The figures are the BLS state estimates for SOC 47-1011, first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers, across all industries, read straight from the May 2025 state data file. They cover wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. Where BLS did not publish a figure, this page leaves it out.
All states in one table: construction supervisor salary by state.