Taxes in Aiea
Aiea shares Oahu's real, island-wide tax structure -- Hawaii's high income tax paired with the nation's lowest effective property-tax rate.
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Learn moreHawaii's real, graduated income tax
Hawaii taxes income across 12 brackets up to an 11% top rate (applying above $200,000 single/$400,000 joint) for 2026, with a real, disclosed 13% bracket arriving in tax year 2027.
The nation's lowest property-tax rate
City & County of Honolulu's blended effective property-tax rate (~0.28%) is genuinely the lowest in the nation, reused from this project's Honolulu/Kailua/Ewa Beach/Waipahu/Hawaii Kai research for cross-record consistency.
Hawaii's General Excise Tax, not a sales tax
Oahu's combined 4.5% GET is a real, legally distinct tax on business gross receipts, not a conventional sales tax.
Key takeaways
- Hawaii's 12-bracket, 11%-top-rate income tax applies statewide, including in Aiea.
- Oahu's blended effective property-tax rate (~0.28%) is the nation's lowest.
- Single-family homes in Aiea, given their higher cited value, likely carry a higher real dollar tax bill than condos/townhomes at the same rate.
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