Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,172
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$8,578
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,283
Maine costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maine — 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
$45,750
Kept after tax
$37,172
Worth in national money
$38,283
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $45,750, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 16.15% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Maine, this one sits low: 389 of 484 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $45,750 the take-home is $37,172, which is worth about $38,283 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $45,450, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For merchandise displayers and window trimmers, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $45,750, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 16.15% 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 389 of 484 in Maine'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.
- Maine's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for merchandise displayers and window trimmers on its $45,750 median: $37,172 retained after tax becomes $38,283 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $45,450 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,860 |
| This salary | $45,750 |
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 Maine | $37,172 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,940 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,789 |
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 | $43,550 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,163 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
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 Maine earn under $45,750 and half over. The published range runs $33,390 at the tenth percentile to $57,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maine's $37,172, worked from $45,750. 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 389 of 484.
- Two cautions on $38,283, the adjusted value of that $45,750 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maine. 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 389 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for merchandise displayers and window trimmers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,390 to $57,860; 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.
- The Maine take-home of $37,172, on $45,750 for work ranking 389 of 484 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 389 of 484 in the state.
- This $38,283 adjusted figure, worked from $45,750, 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 389 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 389 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,390 at the bottom tenth to $57,860 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $38,283.
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 Maine adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,172 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($33,390 to $57,860) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maine rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Maine'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 $38,283 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 $37,172 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maine 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.