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Hilo, HI

Hilo, HI rolls up 6 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $127,008 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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6
Employers
$127,008
Median H-1B wage
276
H-1B filings

Hilo, HI: 6 tracked employers at a $127,008 median H-1B wage across 276 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Hilo, HI (HI), PlainEmployers rolls up 6 employers at a $127,008 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 6 employers
  • $127,008 median H-1B
  • 276 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

Where Hilo, HI's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$127,008 Top 48% higher than 52% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Hilo, HI $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Hilo, HI (6 employers) sits beside Honolulu, HI, Kamuela, HI, Waipahu, HI in HI's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Hilo, HI ranks #1425 of 6906 by employer count (about the 77th percentile).

Honolulu, HI 65 Kamuela, HI 4 Waipahu, HI 4 Kailua-kona, HI 3 Pearl City, HI 3 Aiea, HI 3
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesAdministrative & Waste ServicesConstructionEducational Services

What the data says about Hilo, HI

Corpus placement: Hilo, HI ranks #1425 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 77th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 2 of 6 tracked employers (~33%); next sectors in the mix are Administrative & Waste Services and Construction. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Airbnb, INC., University of Hawaii, and Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (264 filings combined, ~96% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Hilo, HI: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Airbnb, INC., University of Hawaii, and Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii, together 264 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Hilo, HI, 1 carry WARN Act history (1 notice, about 661 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Hilo, HI: Honolulu, HI (65 employers); Kamuela, HI (4 employers); Waipahu, HI (4 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Hilo, HI

1 tracked employer with a worksite here have filed 1 WARN notice , naming about 661 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Employer mix in Hilo, HI

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Hilo, HI at ~33% of employers, with 3 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Hilo, HI

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Airbnb, INC.Administrative & Waste Services159$191,000
2University of HawaiiEducational Services62$124,188
3Research Corporation of the University of HawaiiProfessional & Technical Services43$75,806
4Association of Universities for Research in AstronomyProfessional & Technical Services7$72,094
5Nan, Inc.Construction4$108,250
6Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Services, LLC1$70,000
Sources, citation, and related links for Hilo, HI

Disclaimer: The Hilo, HI overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Hilo, HI from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.