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University of Hawaii
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Honolulu, HI
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Graduate salaries for University of Hawaii

Total 2018 graduates: 95

  • 71.6% of this school's 2018 graduates were employed and reported a salary.
  • We know that at least 35.8% of this school's 2018 graduates made $65,810 or more.

Median salary: $63,302

This is the most recent median salary for graduates who borrowed, reported in 2020 about graduates from 2016 and 2017. This average is derived from actual tax returns in the year following graduation and mapped to J.D. programs by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of the Treasury. Learn more.

Additionally, the majority of law schools voluntarily publish salary information about graduates based upon student/graduate surveys, investigation, and public information. This salary information is on this page.

Salary distribution for 2018 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Employed - salary reported6871.6%$62,004$65,810$86,000$75,467
Employed - No salary reported1515.8%
Non-employed1212.6%
Total graduates95100%

Salary distribution by job sector for 2018 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Private sector - salary reported2930.5%$75,000$86,000$92,500$83,586
Private sector - no salary reported88.4%
Public sector - salary reported39 41.1% $62,004$62,004$65,000 $69,429
Public sector - no salary reported66.3%
Unknown sector11.1%
Non-employed1212.6%
Total graduates95100%

When a row has no salary data, indicated by a "-" (hyphen), it either means that no graduates reported a salary for the category or that fewer than five graduates reported a salary for the category.

Salaries by job type for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Bar passage required 625760% $62,004$68,000$86,000$75,090
J.D. advantage 171010.5% $58,000$63,000$66,620$74,162
Professional 3-0 ----
Non-professional 0-0 ----
Employed 836871.6% $62,004$65,810$86,000$75,467
Non-employed 12
Total Graduates 95

Salaries by employer type and job type for 2018 graduates

Toggle job type sub categories
Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm 30 27 28.4% $75,000 $86,000 $92,500 $83,370
Law firm: Bar passage required 29 27 28.4% $75,000 $86,000 $92,500 $83,370
Law firm: Other 100%
Business & industry 7 - - - - - -
Government 18 13 13.7% $63,000 $70,000 $110,000 $82,986
Government: Bar passage required 8 6 6.3% $70,000 $87,100 $110,000 $86,033
Government: Bar passage required 8 6 6.3% $58,000 $63,000 $66,620 $75,437
Government: Other 211.1%
Public interest 5 5 5.3% $58,000 $64,000 $65,000 $62,400
Clerkship 22 21 22.1% $62,004 $62,004 $64,476 $62,710
Federal 0 0 - - - -
State 22 21 22.1% $62,004 $62,004 $64,476 $62,710
Education 0 - - - - - -
Employed 836871.6% $62,004$65,810$86,000$75,467
Non-employed 12
Total graduates 95

Law firm salaries by size for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm size 30 27 28.4% $75,000$86,000$92,500$83,370
Solo 0
2-10 attorneys 11 8 8.4% $62,500 $69,000 $83,000 $69,875
11-25 attorneys 8 9 9.5% $75,000 $84,000 $90,000 $85,556
26-50 attorneys 7 6 6.3% $86,000 $86,000 $98,000 $90,333
51-100 attorneys 4 - 0 - - - -
101-250 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
251-500 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
501+ attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
Size unknown 0
Employed, non-law firm 53 41 43.2%
Non-employed 12
Total graduates 95

Salaries by state for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Hawaii - 65 68.4% $62,004 $65,000 $86,000 $75,577
Outside of Hawaii
or unknown
- 0 0% - - - -
Employed 836871.6% $62,004$65,810$86,000$75,467
Non-employed 12
Total graduates 95
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