Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,130
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$6,640
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,144
Idaho costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Idaho — 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
$38,770
Kept after tax
$32,130
Worth in national money
$35,144
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays this job around $38,770 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 476 occupations Idaho publishes, this job lands at 401. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,770 you keep $32,130, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $35,144 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $39,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For merchandise displayers and window trimmers the Idaho median is $38,770, ranking 29 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Idaho, this work ranks 401 of 476 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 federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for merchandise displayers and window trimmers on $38,770 is $32,130. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $35,144 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $39,860 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 | $31,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,930 |
| This salary | $38,770 |
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 Idaho | $32,130 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,332 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$843 |
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 | $37,275 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,020 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
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 Idaho earn under $38,770 and half over. The published range runs $31,190 at the tenth percentile to $44,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $32,130 take-home in Idaho comes from $38,770. 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 401 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,144 uses one figure for the whole of Idaho. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 476 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 401.
- Figures are distribution medians for merchandise displayers and window trimmers in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,190 to $44,930; 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 $32,130, from $38,770, assumes a single Idaho 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 401 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,144, worked from $38,770, 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 Idaho address, on work sitting at 401 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,190 and the top tenth $44,930, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Idaho is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $35,144 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Idaho then takes its own share, leaving $32,130.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,190 to $44,930) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Idaho rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Idaho's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $35,144 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $32,130 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Idaho 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.