Merchandise And Product Displayers Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

About 87,000 merchandise and product displayers can be found working in the US. A low unemployment level has been the case recently. Employees without jobs were about 4%.

Flexibility

Self-employed merchandise and product displayers represent an estimated 29% of the total. Workers working part-time accounted for 17% of those employed in 2006.

Education

You'll generally want moderate-term on-the-job training for this career path. Of current merchandise and product displayers, 55% graduated from college with degrees. Some 31% of workers attened college but did not go on to get a bachelor's degree. A high school education was sufficient for 14% of employees.

Local Outlook

Finding merchandise and product displayers is easiest in Fargo (North Dakota), Dubuque (Iowa), and Monroe (Louisiana), and by comparison more challenging in New Haven (Connecticut), Rochester (New York), and Durham (North Carolina). The pay is best in Bloomington (Indiana), Grand Rapids (Michigan), and New Haven (Connecticut) and worst in Alexandria (Louisiana), Jackson (Mississippi), and Florence (South Carolina).

Detailed local employment conditions for Merchandise And Product Displayers in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Merchandise And Product Displayers

Employment info for Merchandise And Product Displayers, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Birmingham	1.93	450	$25,000
Alabama	Decatur	1.42	30	$22,000
Alabama	Huntsville	1.16	100	$22,000
Alabama	Mobile	1.68	130	$25,000
Alabama	Montgomery	0.83	60	$21,000
Alaska	Anchorage	1.03	70	$28,000
Arizona	Phoenix	1.38	1,200	$26,000
Arizona	Tucson	1.79	300	$23,000
Arizona	Yuma	1.64	40	$18,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	0.47	70	$28,000
California	Bakersfield	0.44	50	$27,000
California	Chico	1.35	40	$27,000
California	Fresno	0.96	140	$24,000
California	Los Angeles	1.19	2,270	$33,000
California	Modesto	3.52	250	$27,000
California	Oakland	1.35	630	$34,000
California	Oxnard	1.7	230	$25,000
California	Riverside	1.68	1,000	$26,000
California	Sacramento	0.83	340	$28,000
California	San Diego	0.8	480	$26,000
California	San Francisco	1.47	650	$33,000
California	San Jose	0.78	320	$31,000
California	Santa Ana	2.06	1,450	$28,000
California	Santa Barbara	0.55	40	$30,000
California	Santa Rosa	2.03	170	$33,000
California	Stockton	0.87	80	$26,000
California	Vallejo	2.29	120	$26,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	0.71	80	$24,000
Colorado	Denver	1.1	620	$25,000
Colorado	Fort Collins	0.57	30	$22,000
Colorado	Grand Junction	1.73	40	$18,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	0.61	120	$25,000
Connecticut	Hartford	0.55	140	$31,000
Connecticut	New Haven	0.41	50	$34,000
Connecticut	Norwich	0.77	40	$32,000
District of Columbia	Washington	0.56	590	$31,000
Florida	Cape Coral	1.38	130	$24,000
Florida	Deltona	1.16	80	$24,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	0.53	180	$28,000
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	0.91	30	$19,000
Florida	Jacksonville	0.51	140	$27,000
Florida	Lakeland	0.57	50	$29,000
Florida	Miami	0.95	430	$28,000
Florida	Orlando	0.58	280	$26,000
Florida	Palm Bay	0.81	70	$24,000
Florida	Pensacola	1.19	80	$22,000
Florida	Sarasota	0.56	70	$27,000
Florida	Tampa	0.7	400	$23,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	0.75	190	$24,000
Georgia	Athens	1.97	60	$35,000
Georgia	Atlanta	1.14	1,250	$24,000
Georgia	Augusta	0.45	40	$22,000
Georgia	Columbus	1.28	60	$20,000
Georgia	Savannah	0.61	40	$28,000
Hawaii	Honolulu	1.84	350	$33,000
Idaho	Boise	0.76	90	$26,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.19	2,090	$27,000
Illinois	Kankakee	2.69	40	$24,000
Illinois	Rockford	0.62	40	$30,000
Indiana	Bloomington	1.07	30	$34,000
Indiana	Evansville	0.53	40	$20,000
Indiana	Fort Wayne	1.91	180	$26,000
Indiana	Gary	0.57	70	$25,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	0.55	220	$27,000
Indiana	Lafayette	1.31	40	$18,000
Indiana	South Bend	0.68	40	$24,000
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	0.87	50	$23,000
Iowa	Davenport	2.18	170	$23,000
Iowa	Des Moines	3.23	460	$22,000
Iowa	Dubuque	4.74	100	$24,000
Kansas	Topeka	1.1	50	$24,000
Kansas	Wichita	0.52	70	$30,000
Kentucky	Bowling Green	2.27	50	$23,000
Kentucky	Lexington	1.77	190	$21,000
Louisiana	Alexandria	2.15	50	$17,000
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	0.56	90	$21,000
Louisiana	Monroe	4.46	140	$24,000
Louisiana	New Orleans	0.71	160	$21,000
Maryland	Baltimore	0.41	240	$29,000
Maryland	Bethesda	1.15	290	$29,000
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	0.72	30	$25,000
Massachusetts	Boston	0.67	520	$35,000
Massachusetts	Framingham	1.91	130	$33,000
Massachusetts	Lynn	1.43	60	$37,000
Massachusetts	Worcester	1.08	120	$35,000
Michigan	Detroit	1.01	340	$27,000
Michigan	Grand Rapids	1.29	220	$38,000
Michigan	Kalamazoo	0.5	30	$24,000
Michigan	Saginaw	1.79	60	$28,000
Michigan	Warren	0.9	480	$28,000
Minnesota	Duluth	0.74	40	$24,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	1.63	1,340	$32,000
Minnesota	Rochester	0.88	30	$26,000
Minnesota	St Cloud	1.7	70	$26,000
Mississippi	Jackson	1.08	120	$20,000
Missouri	Kansas City	1.11	510	$26,000
Missouri	Springfield	0.83	70	$24,000
Missouri	St Joseph	1.59	30	$24,000
Missouri	St Louis	0.85	520	$26,000
Montana	Billings	3.02	100	$19,000
Nebraska	Omaha	1.18	240	$25,000
New Hampshire	Manchester	0.96	40	$30,000
New Jersey	Atlantic City	0.67	40	$26,000
New Jersey	Edison	1	460	$31,000
New Jersey	Newark	1.42	650	$30,000
New Jersey	Trenton	1.68	160	$26,000
New Mexico	Albuquerque	0.75	130	$31,000
New York	Albany	0.92	180	$40,000
New York	Binghamton	0.87	40	$35,000
New York	Buffalo	0.96	230	$26,000
New York	Elmira	2.09	30	$27,000
New York	Kingston	1.25	30	$34,000
New York	Nassau	1.56	880	$33,000
New York	New York	1.28	2,940	$36,000
New York	Poughkeepsie	1.61	170	$29,000
New York	Rochester	0.4	90	$31,000
New York	Syracuse	0.6	80	$30,000
New York	Utica	0.56	30	$26,000
North Carolina	Charlotte	1.12	440	$27,000
North Carolina	Durham	0.26	30	$26,000
North Carolina	Greensboro	0.42	70	$29,000
North Carolina	Greenville	2.12	60	$19,000
North Carolina	Raleigh	0.44	100	$25,000
North Carolina	Winston Salem	0.74	70	$32,000
North Dakota	Fargo	4.76	230	$26,000
North Dakota	Grand Forks	2.05	40	$20,000
Ohio	Akron	0.47	70	$27,000
Ohio	Canton	1.76	130	$21,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	1.16	540	$22,000
Ohio	Cleveland	0.56	270	$26,000
Ohio	Columbus	0.65	270	$24,000
Ohio	Dayton	0.51	90	$26,000
Ohio	Toledo	0.42	60	$27,000
Ohio	Youngstown	0.86	90	$17,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	0.79	200	$23,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1.11	210	$23,000
Oregon	Bend	2.15	60	$25,000
Oregon	Eugene	2.65	170	$28,000
Oregon	Portland	2.53	1,190	$29,000
Oregon	Salem	0.95	60	$27,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	0.6	80	$25,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	0.83	700	$26,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	0.58	300	$35,000
Pennsylvania	Reading	0.57	40	$26,000
Rhode Island	Providence	1.56	410	$31,000
South Carolina	Charleston	0.55	70	$23,000
South Carolina	Columbia	1.24	190	$18,000
South Carolina	Florence	1.94	70	$15,000
South Carolina	Greenville	0.59	80	$24,000
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	3.47	200	$22,000
Tennessee	Chattanooga	1.23	120	$21,000
Tennessee	Johnson City	1.61	50	$26,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	1.09	160	$31,000
Tennessee	Memphis	0.88	250	$26,000
Tennessee	Morristown	2.74	50	$27,000
Tennessee	Nashville	0.93	320	$26,000
Texas	Amarillo	0.96	40	$21,000
Texas	Austin	2.11	710	$23,000
Texas	Brownsville	0.78	40	$19,000
Texas	College Station	1.87	60	$23,000
Texas	Corpus Christi	3.91	290	$25,000
Texas	Dallas	3.91	3,670	$29,000
Texas	El Paso	0.8	90	$22,000
Texas	Fort Worth	2.85	1,070	$33,000
Texas	Killeen	1.04	50	$19,000
Texas	Mcallen	0.55	50	$24,000
Texas	San Antonio	3.59	1,320	$27,000
Texas	Sherman	1.96	30	$21,000
Texas	Wichita Falls	1.81	40	$18,000
Utah	Ogden	0.84	70	$23,000
Utah	Provo	0.96	70	$22,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	1.13	310	$30,000
Vermont	Burlington	1.74	80	$25,000
Virginia	Lynchburg	0.71	30	$21,000
Virginia	Richmond	0.81	220	$25,000
Virginia	Roanoke	1.03	70	$24,000
Virginia	Virginia Beach	0.56	190	$25,000
Washington	Bellingham	1.24	40	$29,000
Washington	Kennewick	2.8	100	$21,000
Washington	Olympia	1.27	50	$28,000
Washington	Seattle	1.64	1,060	$31,000
Washington	Spokane	2.53	230	$28,000
Washington	Tacoma	1.01	120	$29,000
Washington	Yakima	0.91	30	$24,000
Wisconsin	Appleton	1.24	60	$25,000
Wisconsin	La Crosse	1.04	30	$30,000
Wisconsin	Madison	0.55	80	$28,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	0.67	260	$32,000
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	1.47	50	$25,000