How much do Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers make in Hattiesburg, MS?

Percentile spread

For Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers, the published 10th percentile is $32,810 and the 90th percentile is $60,220. The difference is $27,410, which is 75.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $35,460 to the 75th at $47,200, covers $11,740.

The mean annual wage is $42,520, which sits above the median of $36,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hattiesburg, MS median is 7.3% lower than the national median of $39,390 for Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,662, which is 5.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.5% higher than the Mississippi median of $33,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hattiesburg, MS is 87.633, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers at $41,662 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers. Hattiesburg, MS ranks 9th of 16 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 51 miles away, with a median of $36,200 and employment of 140. That median is 0.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,220, against $41,662 here.
• Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 69 miles away, with a median of $36,380 and employment of 90. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,234, against $41,662 here.
• Mobile, AL is 71 miles away, with a median of $40,940 and employment of 210. That median is 12.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,471, against $41,662 here.

Employment share

Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Hattiesburg, MS (90 of 62,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (165,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.36 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.