Unemployed college graduates, Hawaii wants you! The islands need you! And they’ll pay a lot for you! Or so the viral story goes — and goes.
Living Hawaii
We explore the high cost of living in Hawaii and what it will take to bring down the “price of paradise.”
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Living Hawaii: Why Our Salaries Aren’t Rising Faster
Unemployment is very low but that hasn’t worked out to more money in workers’ pockets.
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Living Hawaii: Do We Need A $15 Minimum Wage?
Can America’s most expensive state afford to pay a livable wage? More to the point, can it afford not to?
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Living Hawaii: In The Islands, Does ‘Middle Class’ Mean Poor?
Residents’ paychecks may imply they’re middle class, but many endure cost-of-living pressures commonly associated with poverty.
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Living Hawaii: Our Surprising Property Tax Poison
It may seem counterintuitive, but our low property tax rates in the islands add to our high cost of living.
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Living Hawaii: How Much Are You Saving On Gas and Electricity?
Hawaii’s long-term gamble on oil has cost residents plenty, but more recently it has been paying off. We decided to find out how much.
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Living Hawaii: Can You Afford To Be A Teacher In The Islands?
The cost of living weighs so heavily on schoolteachers that many fear they will never get ahead if they stay here.
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Living Hawaii: What Is Sapping The Energy Of Our Farmers?
Even with low oil prices, the deck is stacked against farmers like Richard Ha on the Big Island. But some argue new strategies can turn things around.
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Living Hawaii: New Studies Show The Price Of Paradise Is Still Defeating Us
When it comes to buying power and the rising cost of living, we still haven’t fully recovered from the Great Recession.