Demonstrators and Product Promoters in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,251
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$5,419
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,629
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$38,670
Kept after tax
$33,251
Worth in national money
$30,629
State rank
15
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $38,670, ranking 15 of 48 states and sitting about 1.65% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations Washington publishes, this job lands at 489. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $38,670, tax leaves $33,251 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $30,629 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $41,690, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for demonstrators and product promoters is $38,670, about 1.65% above the national figure and 15 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Washington, this work ranks 489 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $33,251 remains from the Washington median of $38,670 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $30,629 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $41,690 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Demonstrators and Product Promoters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,710 |
| This salary | $38,670 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Washington | $33,251 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,251 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,589 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $38,670 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,341 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $38,670. The published range is $35,060 up to $53,710, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $33,251, worked from $38,670. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 489 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,629 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 489.
- Reported values are medians; for demonstrators and product promoters in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,060 to $53,710. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Washington take-home of $33,251, on $38,670 for work ranking 489 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 489 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,629, worked from $38,670, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Washington address, on work sitting at 489 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $41,690, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,060 at the bottom tenth to $53,710 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $30,629 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $33,251 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Washington is $41,690. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,060 to $53,710) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $30,629 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $33,251 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.