Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,268
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$5,582
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,146
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$37,850
Kept after tax
$32,268
Worth in national money
$35,146
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays this job around $37,850 at the midpoint, 34 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 494 occupations Ohio publishes, this job lands at 424. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $37,850 you keep $32,268, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $35,146 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $41,570, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For merchandise displayers and window trimmers the Ohio median is $37,850, ranking 34 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 Ohio, this work ranks 424 of 494 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 Ohio income tax, retained pay for merchandise displayers and window trimmers on $37,850 is $32,268. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $35,146 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 $41,570 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 | $29,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,360 |
| This salary | $37,850 |
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 Ohio | $32,268 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,592 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,606 |
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 | $37,446 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,942 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,850 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,190 and the ninetieth is $61,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $32,268, from $37,850, 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 424 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $35,146, the adjusted value of that $37,850 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Ohio. 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 424 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $37,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,190 to $61,360. 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 Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,268 from $37,850. 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 424 of 494 locally.
- This $35,146 adjusted figure, worked from $37,850, 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 424 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 424 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $41,570, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $29,190 and the top tenth $61,360 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $35,146.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Ohio's own levy, $32,268 remains.
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 Ohio is $41,570. 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 ($29,190) and the ninetieth ($61,360) 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.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Ohio'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 $35,146 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 $32,268 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.