Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,500
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$8,160
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,985
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$43,660
Kept after tax
$35,500
Worth in national money
$32,985
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $43,660, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 10.84% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New York, this one sits low: 435 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $43,660, tax leaves $35,500 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $32,985 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $48,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- For merchandise displayers and window trimmers, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $43,660, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 10.84% 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 435 of 493 in New York'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.
- After tax, $35,500 remains from the New York median of $43,660 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $32,985 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $48,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,100 |
| This salary | $43,660 |
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 New York | $35,500 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,261 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,359 |
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 | $41,469 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,481 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
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 New York earn under $43,660 and half over. The published range runs $35,760 at the tenth percentile to $73,100 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 New York's $35,500, worked from $43,660. 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 435 of 493.
- Two cautions on $32,985, the adjusted value of that $43,660 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. 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 435 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for merchandise displayers and window trimmers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,760 to $73,100; 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 New York take-home of $35,500, on $43,660 for work ranking 435 of 493 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 435 of 493 in the state.
- This $32,985 adjusted figure, worked from $43,660, 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 435 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 435 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $48,850, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,760 at the bottom tenth to $73,100 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New York run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $32,985 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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; New York then takes its own share, leaving $35,500.
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 New York is $48,850. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,760) and the ninetieth ($73,100) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $32,985 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 $35,500 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York 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.