Salaries in Hawaii.
1 metro area. 3445 roles.
Average cost-of-living index: 1.30x national average. Last updated April 2026.
1 city tracked3445 roles
Highest Paying
$473,000
Technical Fellow
Median Role
$403,000
Principal LLM Engineer
Entry Level
$387,000
Chief Data & AI Officer
Salary data sourced from SEC filings, H-1B Labor Condition Applications (DOL), Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and aggregated job postings across 50+ platforms. Ranges reflect 25th to 75th percentile for full-time positions. Cost-of-living adjustments use Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (2025 index). Last updated April 2026.
Hawaii has 1 major metro area tracked in our salary database, with an average cost-of-living index of 1.30x the national average. The highest-paying role across the state is Technical Fellow at $473,000 in Honolulu. The median role pays $403,000.
Top 30 salaries in Hawaii
| # | Role | Median | Top City | Range |
|---|
| 1 | Technical Fellow | $473,000 | Honolulu | $369,000 – $615,000 |
| 2 | Principal Quantitative Researcher | $455,000 | Honolulu | $355,000 – $592,000 |
| 3 | Principal AI Research Scientist | $437,000 | Honolulu | $341,000 – $568,000 |
| 4 | Principal AI Agent Architect | $434,000 | Honolulu | $339,000 – $564,000 |
| 5 | Distinguished Engineer | $425,000 | Honolulu | $322,000 – $541,000 |
| 6 | Senior VP of Security | $424,000 | Honolulu | $331,000 – $552,000 |
| 7 | Principal AI Compiler Engineer | $422,000 | Honolulu | $329,000 – $549,000 |
| 8 | SVP of Product | $419,000 | Honolulu | $327,000 – $545,000 |
| 9 | L7 Software Engineer | $419,000 | Honolulu | $327,000 – $545,000 |
| 10 | Senior VP of Product | $416,000 | Honolulu | $324,000 – $540,000 |
| 11 | Chief Security Officer | $416,000 | Honolulu | $324,000 – $541,000 |
| 12 | SVP of Technology | $414,000 | Honolulu | $323,000 – $538,000 |
| 13 | Principal AI Agent Engineer | $410,000 | Honolulu | $320,000 – $533,000 |
| 14 | SVP of Engineering | $407,000 | Honolulu | $318,000 – $529,000 |
| 15 | Principal AI Safety Engineer | $404,000 | Honolulu | $316,000 – $525,000 |
| 16 | Principal LLM Engineer | $403,000 | Honolulu | $314,000 – $523,000 |
| 17 | Lead High-Frequency Trading Engineer | $402,000 | Honolulu | $314,000 – $522,000 |
| 18 | Staff Quantitative Researcher | $399,000 | Honolulu | $311,000 – $519,000 |
| 19 | CTO | $398,000 | Honolulu | $310,000 – $517,000 |
| 20 | Principal Cryptographer | $398,000 | Honolulu | $311,000 – $517,000 |
| 21 | Principal Deep Learning Engineer | $397,000 | Honolulu | $310,000 – $517,000 |
| 22 | Chief AI Officer | $395,000 | Honolulu | $293,000 – $510,000 |
| 23 | Principal Quantitative Developer | $393,000 | Honolulu | $307,000 – $512,000 |
| 24 | SVP of Finance | $392,000 | Honolulu | $306,000 – $510,000 |
| 25 | Staff AI Research Scientist | $391,000 | Honolulu | $305,000 – $508,000 |
| 26 | Principal Kernel Engineer | $391,000 | Honolulu | $305,000 – $508,000 |
| 27 | Senior VP of Design | $391,000 | Honolulu | $306,000 – $508,000 |
| 28 | Chief Science Officer | $391,000 | Honolulu | $305,000 – $508,000 |
| 29 | Principal Applied Scientist | $390,000 | Honolulu | $304,000 – $507,000 |
| 30 | Chief Data & AI Officer | $387,000 | Honolulu | $289,000 – $506,000 |
Tax considerations in Hawaii
Hawaii has the highest top state income tax rate in the nation at 11%. Honolulu has no city income tax, but the state burden combined with high living costs requires careful salary planning.
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