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Average Merchandise Displayers And Window Trimmers Salary in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

Merchandise Displayers And Window Trimmers in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL earn a median annual salary of $33,950, which is -9.1% compared to the national median. There are 60 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (metro area).

$33,950
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median annual wage
$16/hour median
-9.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $37,350
60
Local employment
1.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.14
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$31,450
25th
$33,670
Median
$33,950
75th
$41,390
90th
$46,470

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
86.1%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$39,441
Goods: 94.2%
Services: 85.6%
Rents: 56.4%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$52,630Compare1,510
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$51,390Compare1,820
Gadsden, AL$50,670Compare130
Barnstable Town, MA$48,050Compare90
Vallejo, CA$47,820Compare210
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$46,630Compare2,040

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Dentists, General$196,1201.43
Chief Executives$143,4800.80
Pharmacists$135,8701.19
Physician Assistants$135,8200.97
Nurse Practitioners$126,3701.86
Financial Managers$123,8500.77
Computer And Information Systems Managers$120,9700.45
Industrial Production Managers$118,9901.09

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL has salary data for 213 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Dentists, General.

Historical series

Trend for Merchandise Displayers And Window Trimmers in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Merchandise Displayers And Window Trimmers are projected to change by +3.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 20,800 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.