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Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers pay in Missouri and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers is $42,890 per year in Missouri. It is $48,780 per year in Washington. Missouri is 12.1% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-1026 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,700 wage and salary jobs in Missouri and 2,550 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings