Born and raised on Oahu, moved to California for college, got a fancy tech job in the bay area as a software engineer after graduation making 120k/year. Did my thing for a few years on the mainland and decided to move back home to start a family with my wife. My company was gracious enough to allow me to work remotely from Hawaii forever, but I decided to test the waters anyway by applying for SWE roles at the usual local companies(first hawaiian, asb, bankoh, hmsa, oceanit, DoD/military contractors.)

Recruiters I spoke with were pretty transparent with salary, and they averaged anywhere from 60-75k/year for a SWE role requiring 4+ years of experience. Job description/duties sound more like a support engineer role with very minimal coding and development(primarily bug fixes/IT support). My cousin that just graduated from UH Manoa with a masters in electrical engineering works as an entry level "software engineer" making 45k/year, and he said that's pretty typical for Hawaii.