Metro area · HI

Honolulu, HI

Honolulu, HI spreads H-1B hiring across 7+ sectors (65 employers, $119,400 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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65
Employers
$119,400
Median H-1B wage
358
H-1B filings

Honolulu, HI: 65 tracked employers at a $119,400 median H-1B wage across 358 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 Honolulu, HI (HI), PlainEmployers rolls up 65 employers at a $119,400 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 65 employers
  • $119,400 median H-1B
  • 358 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

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

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

$119,400 Top 54% higher than 46% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $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. Honolulu, 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

Honolulu, HI (65 employers) sits beside Hilo, 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, Honolulu, HI ranks #183 of 6906 by employer count (about the 97th percentile).

Hilo, HI 6 Kamuela, HI 4 Waipahu, HI 4 Kailua-kona, HI 3 Pearl City, HI 3 Aiea, HI 3

What the data says about Honolulu, HI

Corpus placement: Honolulu, HI ranks #183 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 97th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 14 of 65 tracked employers (~22%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Construction. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Zillow, Inc., University of Hawaii, and Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (208 filings combined, ~58% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Honolulu, HI: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

Honolulu, HI reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Professional & Technical Services) is only ~22% of tracked employers across 7 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Within HI, Honolulu, HI is among denser labor markets versus Hilo, HI (6 employers); Kamuela, HI (4 employers); Waipahu, HI (4 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

Employer mix in Honolulu, HI

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Honolulu, HI has no runaway sector: Professional & Technical Services leads at only ~22% across 7 named industries.

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

Top employers in Honolulu, HI

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Zillow, Inc.Real Estate103$173,760
2University of HawaiiEducational Services62$124,188
3Research Corporation of the University of HawaiiProfessional & Technical Services43$75,806
4Qantas Airways LimitedTransportation & Warehousing8$136,263
5Flatiron Dragados USA, Inc.8$131,875
6Neteffects, Inc.Professional & Technical Services8$118,716
7Haus Analytics, IncProfessional & Technical Services7$222,500
8Queen's University Medical Group7$295,451
9emeteors Technology IncProfessional & Technical Services7$105,000
10Highgate Hotels LPAccommodation & Food Services5$87,575
11Howard Hughes Management CO, LLCReal Estate5$185,000
12Public Hospital District 1-A of Whitman CountyHealthcare & Social Assistance5$75,733
13Rider Levett Bucknall Ltd.Construction4$134,950
14Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.4$190,000
15GitHub, Inc.4$196,100
16Nan, Inc.Construction4$108,250
17Dragados USA, Inc.Construction4$121,000
18Conservation InternationalOther Services4$71,510
19Kapi'olani Medical SpecialistsHealthcare & Social Assistance3$80,746
20Hawai'i Pacific University3$86,570
21Ethos Veterinary Health, LLC3$160,000
22Jinon CorporationRetail Trade2$100,235
23AED Institute of America, Inc.Wholesale Trade2$128,190
24Center for Cultural & Technical Interchange Between East & West , Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$65,822
25Delta Engineering LLCProfessional & Technical Services2$96,304

PlainEmployers renders Honolulu, 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.