- The middle half earn between $14.77 and $35.48 an hour.
- Only 2 states pay locksmiths more at the median.
- Hawaii pays more than both nearby states it is compared with.
- BLS counts about 50 locksmiths on payrolls in Hawaii.
- At the state median wage, a locksmith business needs to bill about $125.03 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Locksmith pay in Hawaii, bottom to top
BLS files these as locksmiths and safe repairers: the people who open and repair locks, make keys, change locks and combinations, and install and repair safes.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $14.77 | $30,720 | $17.08 |
| 25th percentile | $14.77 | $30,720 | $20.75 |
| Median | $31.00 | $64,490 | $24.68 |
| 75th percentile | $35.48 | $73,790 | $31.04 |
| 90th percentile | $39.56 | $82,280 | $38.17 |
| Average (mean) | $26.96 | $56,080 | $26.67 |
Pay spreads out a lot in Hawaii. The bottom tenth earn $14.77 an hour or less while the top tenth earn $39.56 or more, a gap of 2.7 times against 2.2 nationally. Where a locksmith sits on that range matters as much as the state.
The bottom of the scale is lower than nationally ($14.77 against $17.08) while the top is higher ($39.56 against $38.17), so the climb from new hire to top earner is longer here.
The average wage ($26.96) is a little under the median, so the low end of the range stretches further than the high end in Hawaii.
How Hawaii compares with other states
Over a full year, the Hawaii median of $64,490 is $13,170 more than the national $51,320.
In the state ranking, Hawaii sits 3rd, between Connecticut ($33.31) and Delaware ($30.60). The range runs from $17.20 in Arkansas to $36.89 in the District of Columbia.
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 | $31.00 | $64,490 | |
| California | $29.33 | $61,010 | −$1.67 an hour |
| Alaska | $28.07 | $58,390 | −$2.93 an hour |
How many locksmiths work in Hawaii
Hawaii has one of the smaller workforces in the trade: 50 locksmiths on payrolls, 0.3% of the 15,040 nationwide.
That is 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in Hawaii, close to the trade's share of jobs nationally.
What a locksmith business in Hawaii should charge
Higher wages in Hawaii go straight into the price. Take a locksmith business in Hawaii paying the state median of $31.00 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 | $31.00 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $69,413 |
| Break-even rate | ($69,413 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $106.28 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $106.28 ÷ 0.85 | $125.03 |
That is $125.03 per billable hour, 4 times the wage, and $11.10 more than the $113.93 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $35.48 in Hawaii, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $132.90.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $14.77, the rate only drops to $96.53.
Overhead, at $60 of every billed hour, and the unbilled hours move this rate more than a raise does. A dollar more in wages adds about $1.76 to the rate.
Run it with your own numbers in the labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Working as a locksmith in Hawaii
- Running the business. Quotes, invoices, booking and your website in one place: how locksmiths run on Koira.
- Getting found. The free Koira report checks how your business shows up in search and on maps against shops near you.
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 49-9094, locksmiths and safe repairers, 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: locksmith salary by state.