Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,944
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$7,426
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,333
Hawaii costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Hawaii — 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
$40,370
Kept after tax
$32,944
Worth in national money
$30,333
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Hawaii is 18 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $40,370. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Hawaii this is lower-paid work. Of 437 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 397. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $40,370 the take-home is $32,944. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $30,333 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $43,290, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Hawaii ranks 18 of 51 for merchandise displayers and window trimmers at $40,370. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Hawaii reports, merchandise displayers and window trimmers ranks 397 of 437, 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $32,944 for merchandise displayers and window trimmers, from $40,370. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,333. ⚠️ 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 $43,290 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 | $35,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,860 |
| This salary | $40,370 |
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 Hawaii | $32,944 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,617 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,291 |
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 | $38,288 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,399 |
| 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 Hawaii earn less than $40,370. The published range is $35,060 up to $53,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $32,944, from $40,370, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 397 of 437 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $30,333, the adjusted value of that $40,370 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Hawaii. 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 397 of 437 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for merchandise displayers and window trimmers in Hawaii the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,060 to $53,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,944 from $40,370. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 397 of 437 locally.
- This $30,333 adjusted figure, worked from $40,370, 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 397 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 397 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $43,290, 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 $53,860 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $30,333 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Hawaii adds its own income tax on top — which is why $32,944 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 Hawaii is $43,290. 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 $53,860) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Hawaii rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Hawaii's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $30,333 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 $32,944 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Hawaii 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.