Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,375
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$7,405
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,112
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$48,780
Kept after tax
$41,375
Worth in national money
$38,112
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $48,780, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 23.84% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Washington, this one sits low: 403 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $48,780, tax leaves $41,375 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $38,112 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $52,210, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for merchandise displayers and window trimmers is $48,780, about 23.84% above the national figure and 1 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Merchandise displayers and window trimmers occupies position 403 of 493 in Washington'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, $41,375 remains from the Washington median of $48,780 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $38,112 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $52,210 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 | $39,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,910 |
| This salary | $48,780 |
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 Washington | $41,375 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,375 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,466 |
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 | $48,780 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,401 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,780 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,890 and the ninetieth is $74,910 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $41,375, from $48,780, 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 403 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,112, the adjusted value of that $48,780 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 403 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $48,780 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,890 to $74,910. 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 Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,375 from $48,780. 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 403 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $38,112 — the adjusted value of that $48,780 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 403 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 $52,210, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,890 at the bottom tenth to $74,910 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $38,112 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,375 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 Washington is $52,210. 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 ($39,890 to $74,910) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $38,112 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $41,375 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.