Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,498
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$5,542
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,501
Mississippi costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Mississippi — 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
$33,040
Kept after tax
$27,498
Worth in national money
$31,501
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $33,040. That is 51 of 51 states, and about 16.12% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 486 occupations Mississippi publishes, this job lands at 425. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $33,040 the take-home is $27,498; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,501 would nationally. The average comes to $34,670, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For merchandise displayers and window trimmers, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $33,040, ranking 51 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 16.12%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Mississippi, this work ranks 425 of 486 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.
- Post-tax income for merchandise displayers and window trimmers in Mississippi, on $33,040, is $27,498 — equivalent to $31,501 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $34,670 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 | $24,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,960 |
| This salary | $33,040 |
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 Mississippi | $27,498 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,728 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,938 |
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 | $31,510 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,344 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $33,040 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $24,660 and the ninetieth is $47,960 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $27,498, from $33,040, 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 425 of 486 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $31,501, the adjusted value of that $33,040 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Mississippi. 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 425 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $33,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $24,660 to $47,960. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $27,498 from $33,040. 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 425 of 486 locally.
- This $31,501 adjusted figure, worked from $33,040, 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 425 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 425 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $34,670 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $24,660 and the top tenth $47,960, so most people doing this work in Mississippi sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Mississippi sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $31,501 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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; Mississippi then takes its own share, leaving $27,498.
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 Mississippi is $34,670. 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 ($24,660 to $47,960) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Mississippi rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Mississippi'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 $31,501 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 $27,498 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Mississippi 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.