How much do Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers make in Worcester, MA?

Percentile spread

For Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers, the published 10th percentile is $38,110 and the 90th percentile is $58,460. The difference is $20,350, which is 41.9% 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 $41,340 to the 75th at $50,530, covers $9,190.

The mean annual wage is $48,080, which sits below the median of $48,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Worcester, MA median is 23.3% higher than the national median of $39,390 for Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,365, which is 20.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.2% higher than the Massachusetts median of $43,290.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Worcester, MA is 102.523, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers at $47,365 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers. Worcester, MA ranks 2nd of 20 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).).

• Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 37 miles away, with a median of $42,290 and employment of 40. That median is 12.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,187, against $47,365 here.
• Springfield, MA is 38 miles away, with a median of $41,140 and employment of 110. That median is 15.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,827, against $47,365 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 43 miles away, with a median of $38,530 and employment of 90. That median is 20.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,467, against $47,365 here.

Employment share

Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Worcester, MA (330 of 349,880). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (165,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.89 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.