Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,688
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$7,722
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,454
Connecticut costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Connecticut — 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
$42,410
Kept after tax
$34,688
Worth in national money
$33,454
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $42,410, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 7.67% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Connecticut, this one sits low: 411 of 482 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $42,410 the take-home is $34,688. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $33,454 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $46,870, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For merchandise displayers and window trimmers, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $42,410, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 7.67% 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.
- Merchandise displayers and window trimmers occupies position 411 of 482 in Connecticut's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $34,688 for merchandise displayers and window trimmers, from $42,410. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,454. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $46,870 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,860 |
| This salary | $42,410 |
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 Connecticut | $34,688 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,256 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,857 |
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 | $40,458 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,664 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $42,410 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,360 and the ninetieth is $64,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $34,688 take-home in Connecticut comes from $42,410. 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 411 of 482.
- Two cautions on $33,454, the adjusted value of that $42,410 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Connecticut. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 411 of 482 locally.
- The Connecticut median of $42,410 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,360 to $64,860. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $34,688, from $42,410, assumes a single Connecticut 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 411 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- This $33,454 adjusted figure, worked from $42,410, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 411 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 411 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $46,870, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,360 and the top tenth $64,860, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $33,454 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Connecticut's own levy, $34,688 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 Connecticut is $46,870. 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 ($35,360 to $64,860) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Connecticut rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Connecticut's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $33,454 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $34,688 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Connecticut income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
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.