Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,567
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$6,963
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,900
Alaska costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Alaska — 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
$46,530
Kept after tax
$39,567
Worth in national money
$38,900
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $46,530, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 18.13% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 351. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $46,530, take-home of $39,567 is worth roughly $38,900 in national money. The average comes to $46,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For merchandise displayers and window trimmers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,530, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 18.13% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, merchandise displayers and window trimmers ranks 351 of 430, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for merchandise displayers and window trimmers, whose median is $46,530, the adjusted figure of $38,900 differs little from $39,567 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $46,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,880 |
| This salary | $46,530 |
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 Alaska | $39,567 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,567 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,817 |
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 | $46,530 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,198 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of merchandise displayers and window trimmers in Alaska earn under $46,530 and half over. The published range runs $37,130 at the tenth percentile to $54,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,567 take-home in Alaska comes from $46,530. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 351 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,900, the adjusted value of that $46,530 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 351 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for merchandise displayers and window trimmers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,130 to $54,880; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $39,567, from $46,530, assumes a single Alaska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 351 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $38,900 — the adjusted value of that $46,530 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 351 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,130 and the top tenth $54,880, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Alaska costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $38,900 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,567 of this wage reaches your account, because Alaska takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,130 to $54,880) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alaska rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Alaska's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $38,900 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?
Alaska levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $39,567 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.