Product Displayers
Training and Education
| Fast Facts* | |
|---|---|
| Recommended Degree Level | Certificate or Higher |
| Salary, Typical | $26,410 |
| Salary Range | |
| Number of Jobs, 2012 | 73,490 |
| Annual Job Growth Rate | 4.1% |
| Job Openings per Year (est.) | 4,000 |
People with moderate-term on-the-job training have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of employees with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 55%. Approximately 31% of product displayers started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Workers with a high school diploma but no further education represent 14% of the total.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Approximately 17% of employees work part time. 29% of product displayers have ended up working for themlseves.
Area Job Conditions
Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Topeka (Kansas), Monroe (Louisiana), and Bend (Oregon), and less popular in Toledo (Ohio), Jackson (Mississippi), and Durham (North Carolina).
Without adjusting for the cost of living, product displayers get paid the most in Winston-Salem (North Carolina), Grand Rapids (Michigan), and Athens (Georgia), and the least in Lafayette (Indiana), Sherman (Texas), and Michigan City (Indiana).
Video Overview
Shows the work of product displayers. Produced for the US Dept. of Labor.
Salaries by City
See typical salaries and ranges for this career below*. Shift click to sort by more than one column -- for example first shift-click on state and then shift-click on salary to find best and worst salaries in each state.
| State | City / Region | Typical Salary | Salary Range | Job Count | % of All Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Anchorage | $34,870 | 420 | 0.24% | |
| AK | Fairbanks | $32,410 | N/A | N/A | |
| AL | Anniston - Oxford | $18,590 | N/A | N/A | |
| AL | Auburn - Opelika | $18,260 | N/A | N/A | |
| AL | Birmingham - Hoover | $26,320 | 1,290 | 0.27% | |
| AL | Decatur | $18,070 | 50 | 0.09% | |
| AL | Dothan | $18,210 | N/A | N/A | |
| AL | Florence - Muscle Shoals | $21,400 | 50 | 0.10% | |
| AL | Gadsden | $17,830 | 40 | 0.13% | |
| AL | Huntsville | $18,030 | 310 | 0.15% | |
| AL | Mobile | $18,220 | 180 | 0.11% | |
| AL | Montgomery | $23,140 | 370 | 0.23% | |
| AL | Tuscaloosa | $21,560 | 120 | 0.14% | |
| AR | Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers | $35,530 | 250 | 0.12% | |
| AR | Little Rock - North Little Rock - Conway | $21,810 | 120 | 0.04% | |
| AZ | Lake Havasu City $ Kingman | $25,430 | 60 | 0.13% | |
| AZ | Phoenix - Mesa - Glendale | $21,570 | 2,210 | 0.13% | |
| AZ | Prescott | N/A | 70 | 0.13% | |
| AZ | Tucson | $37,020 | N/A | N/A | |
| CA | Bakersfield - Delano | $26,590 | 70 | 0.03% | |
| CA | El Centro | $28,060 | 40 | 0.07% | |
| CA | Fresno | $29,600 | 210 | 0.07% | |
| CA | Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale (Metro Area) | $32,170 | 1,490 | 0.04% | |
| CA | Modesto | $23,710 | 110 | 0.07% | |
| CA | Oakland - Fremont - Hayward (Metro Area) | $24,450 | 970 | 0.10% | |
| CA | Oxnard - Thousand Oaks - Ventura | $30,730 | 100 | 0.03% | |
| CA | Riverside - San Bernardino - Ontario | $26,790 | 960 | 0.08% | |
| CA | Sacramento - Arden - Arcade - Roseville | $35,300 | 790 | 0.10% | |
| CA | Salinas | $26,660 | 60 | 0.04% | |
| CA | San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos | $33,700 | 410 | 0.03% | |
| CA | San Francisco - San Mateo - Redwood City (Metro Area) | $33,240 | 550 | 0.06% | |
| CA | San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara | $30,740 | 380 | 0.04% | |
| CA | Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine (Metro Area) | $29,580 | 710 | 0.05% | |
| CA | Santa Barbara - Santa Maria - Goleta | $34,560 | 120 | 0.07% | |
| CA | Santa Rosa - Petaluma | $30,800 | 120 | 0.07% | |
| CA | Stockton | $31,800 | 80 | 0.04% | |
| CA | Vallejo - Fairfield | $37,280 | 70 | 0.06% | |
| CO | Colorado Springs | $25,630 | 50 | 0.02% | |
| CO | Denver - Aurora - Broomfield | $26,080 | 810 | 0.07% | |
| CO | Fort Collins - Loveland | $22,530 | 80 | 0.06% | |
| CT | Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk | $30,090 | 300 | 0.07% | |
| CT | Danbury | $31,440 | N/A | N/A | |
| CT | Hartford - West Hartford - East Hartford | $26,140 | 290 | 0.05% | |
| CT | New Haven | $28,450 | 110 | 0.04% | |
| DC | Washington - Arlington - Alexandria (Metro Area) | $26,630 | 630 | 0.03% | |
| DE | Dover | $25,320 | 50 | 0.08% | |
| DE | Wilmington (Metro Area) | $28,620 | 180 | 0.06% | |
| FL | Cape Coral - Fort Myers | $23,330 | 120 | 0.06% | |
| FL | Deltona - Daytona Beach - Ormond Beach | $25,640 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach - Deerfield Beach (Metro Area) | $26,340 | 260 | 0.04% | |
| FL | Gainesville | $25,720 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Jacksonville | $30,120 | 160 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Lakeland - Winter Haven | $20,780 | N/A | N/A | |
| FL | Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall (Metro Area) | $25,910 | 570 | 0.06% | |
| FL | North Port - Bradenton - Sarasota | $27,600 | 60 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Orlando - Kissimmee - Sanford | $23,920 | 280 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville | $19,750 | 80 | 0.04% | |
| FL | Pensacola - Ferry Pass - Brent | $29,510 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Port St. Lucie | $30,550 | N/A | N/A | |
| FL | Tallahassee | $25,830 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| FL | Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater | $31,990 | 440 | 0.04% | |
| FL | West Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Boynton Beach (Metro Area) | $27,650 | 260 | 0.05% | |
| GA | Athens - Clarke County | $30,490 | 60 | 0.08% | |
| GA | Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta | $25,190 | 4,390 | 0.19% | |
| GA | Columbus | $22,450 | 90 | 0.08% | |
| GA | Macon | $31,350 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| GA | Savannah | $30,440 | 30 | 0.02% | |
| HI | Honolulu | $29,500 | 340 | 0.08% | |
| IA | Cedar Rapids | $30,490 | N/A | N/A | |
| IA | Davenport - Moline - Rock Island | $25,940 | 60 | 0.03% | |
| IA | Des Moines - West Des Moines | $23,740 | 430 | 0.13% | |
| IA | Iowa City | $28,150 | N/A | N/A | |
| ID | Boise City - Nampa | $23,700 | 110 | 0.04% | |
| ID | Idaho Falls | $22,430 | 40 | 0.09% | |
| IL | Chicago - Joliet - Naperville (Metro Area) | $32,100 | 1,490 | 0.04% | |
| IL | Lake County - Kenosha County (Metro Area) | $29,980 | 80 | 0.02% | |
| IL | Peoria | $27,230 | 30 | 0.02% | |
| IL | Rockford | $41,470 | N/A | N/A | |
| IN | Evansville | $18,760 | 110 | 0.06% | |
| IN | Fort Wayne | $18,210 | 40 | 0.02% | |
| IN | Gary (Metro Area) | $23,710 | 200 | 0.07% | |
| IN | Indianapolis - Carmel | $28,500 | 470 | 0.05% | |
| IN | Lafayette | $18,890 | N/A | N/A | |
| IN | South Bend - Mishawaka | $26,070 | 90 | 0.07% | |
| KS | Wichita | $25,150 | 80 | 0.03% | |
| KY | Bowling Green | $20,830 | N/A | N/A | |
| KY | Lexington - Fayette | $23,630 | 260 | 0.11% | |
| KY | Louisville - Jefferson County | $29,850 | 490 | 0.08% | |
| KY | Owensboro | $22,610 | 40 | 0.08% | |
| LA | Baton Rouge | $19,000 | 110 | 0.03% | |
| LA | New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner | $25,890 | 60 | 0.01% | |
| LA | Shreveport - Bossier City | $27,550 | 70 | 0.04% | |
| MA | Barnstable Town | $31,920 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| MA | Boston - Cambridge - Quincy (Metro Area) | $31,120 | 630 | 0.04% | |
| MA | Brockton - Bridgewater - Easton (Metro Area) | $26,500 | N/A | N/A | |
| MA | Framingham (Metro Area) | $24,780 | 80 | 0.05% | |
| MA | Lawrence - Methuen - Salem (Metro Area) | $29,170 | 70 | 0.11% | |
| MA | Peabody (Metro Area) | $33,000 | 110 | 0.11% | |
| MA | Springfield | $26,610 | 110 | 0.04% | |
| MA | Worcester | $30,580 | 50 | 0.02% | |
| MD | Baltimore - Towson | $29,450 | 1,130 | 0.09% | |
| MD | Bethesda - Rockville - Frederick (Metro Area) | $27,220 | 120 | 0.02% | |
| MD | Hagerstown - Martinsburg | $32,930 | 70 | 0.07% | |
| ME | Bangor | $34,190 | 60 | 0.09% | |
| ME | Portland - South Portland - Biddeford | $25,050 | 420 | 0.21% | |
| MI | Ann Arbor | $31,810 | N/A | N/A | |
| MI | Detroit - Livonia - Dearborn (Metro Area) | $19,470 | 770 | 0.11% | |
| MI | Grand Rapids - Wyoming | $30,640 | 430 | 0.11% | |
| MI | Kalamazoo - Portage | $21,580 | N/A | N/A | |
| MI | Lansing - East Lansing | $29,250 | 70 | 0.03% | |
| MI | Saginaw - Saginaw Township North | $22,030 | N/A | N/A | |
| MI | Warren - Troy - Farmington Hills (Metro Area) | $30,090 | 350 | 0.03% | |
| MN | Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington | $24,990 | 1,290 | 0.07% | |
| MO | Joplin | $18,830 | 30 | 0.04% | |
| MO | Kansas City | $22,750 | 430 | 0.04% | |
| MO | Springfield | $27,450 | 40 | 0.02% | |
| MO | St. Louis | $24,860 | 530 | 0.04% | |
| MS | Jackson | $22,000 | 90 | 0.04% | |
| MT | Billings | $29,120 | N/A | N/A | |
| NC | Asheville | $26,420 | 70 | 0.04% | |
| NC | Charlotte - Gastonia - Rock Hill | $30,320 | 140 | 0.02% | |
| NC | Durham - Chapel Hill | $29,500 | 50 | 0.02% | |
| NC | Goldsboro | $20,140 | 30 | 0.08% | |
| NC | Greensboro - High Point | $20,870 | 100 | 0.03% | |
| NC | Raleigh - Cary | $22,950 | 170 | 0.03% | |
| NC | Wilmington | $24,170 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| NC | Winston - Salem | $20,310 | 30 | 0.02% | |
| ND | Bismarck | $21,410 | 140 | 0.21% | |
| ND | Fargo | $24,050 | 110 | 0.09% | |
| ND | Grand Forks | $21,320 | N/A | N/A | |
| NE | Lincoln | $30,500 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| NE | Omaha - Council Bluffs | $28,030 | 220 | 0.05% | |
| NH | Nashua (Metro Area) | $32,710 | 180 | 0.14% | |
| NH | Rochester - Dover | $21,380 | 40 | 0.08% | |
| NJ | Atlantic City - Hammonton | $34,650 | N/A | N/A | |
| NJ | Camden (Metro Area) | $32,510 | 400 | 0.08% | |
| NJ | Edison - New Brunswick (Metro Area) | $31,420 | 450 | 0.05% | |
| NJ | Newark - Union (Metro Area) | $34,900 | 140 | 0.02% | |
| NJ | Trenton - Ewing | $29,080 | 50 | 0.02% | |
| NM | Albuquerque | $24,150 | 260 | 0.07% | |
| NV | Las Vegas - Paradise | $26,620 | 940 | 0.11% | |
| NV | Reno - Sparks | $26,440 | 130 | 0.07% | |
| NY | Albany - Schenectady - Troy | $27,530 | 180 | 0.04% | |
| NY | Binghamton | $27,500 | 60 | 0.05% | |
| NY | Buffalo - Niagara Falls | $24,830 | 150 | 0.03% | |
| NY | Nassau - Suffolk (Metro Area) | $30,460 | 300 | 0.02% | |
| NY | New York - White Plains - Wayne (Metro Area) | $35,830 | 2,770 | 0.05% | |
| NY | Poughkeepsie - Newburgh - Middletown | $43,070 | 170 | 0.07% | |
| NY | Rochester | $26,590 | 130 | 0.03% | |
| NY | Syracuse | $28,310 | 140 | 0.05% | |
| NY | Utica - Rome | $29,360 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Akron | $24,790 | 100 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Canton - Massillon | $21,130 | 60 | 0.04% | |
| OH | Cincinnati - Middletown | $22,170 | 460 | 0.05% | |
| OH | Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor | $22,970 | 340 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Columbus | $23,990 | N/A | N/A | |
| OH | Dayton | $22,650 | 130 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Mansfield | $25,710 | N/A | N/A | |
| OH | Sandusky | $21,560 | N/A | N/A | |
| OH | Toledo | $25,780 | 90 | 0.03% | |
| OH | Youngstown - Warren - Boardman | $22,050 | 40 | 0.02% | |
| OK | Oklahoma City | $19,940 | 90 | 0.02% | |
| OK | Tulsa | $22,220 | 70 | 0.02% | |
| OR | Eugene - Springfield | $27,440 | 40 | 0.03% | |
| OR | Portland - Vancouver - Hillsboro | $37,950 | 1,030 | 0.10% | |
| PA | Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton | $26,780 | 60 | 0.02% | |
| PA | Erie | $27,530 | N/A | N/A | |
| PA | Lancaster | $29,220 | 30 | 0.01% | |
| PA | Philadelphia (Metro Area) | $30,890 | 340 | 0.02% | |
| PA | Pittsburgh | $24,690 | 240 | 0.02% | |
| PA | Reading | $37,540 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| PA | Scranton - Wilkes - Barre | $32,000 | N/A | N/A | |
| PR | San Juan - Caguas - Guaynabo | $20,470 | 290 | 0.04% | |
| RI | Providence - Fall River - Warwick | $26,650 | 220 | 0.04% | |
| SC | Charleston - North Charleston - Summerville | $23,820 | 110 | 0.04% | |
| SC | Columbia | $24,320 | 90 | 0.03% | |
| SC | Florence | $18,980 | 50 | 0.06% | |
| SC | Greenville - Mauldin - Easley | $27,420 | N/A | N/A | |
| SC | Myrtle Beach - North Myrtle Beach - Conway | $18,680 | 90 | 0.08% | |
| SD | Rapid City | $21,600 | 190 | 0.31% | |
| SD | Sioux Falls | $21,750 | 280 | 0.20% | |
| TN | Kingsport - Bristol - Bristol | $24,990 | 460 | 0.40% | |
| TN | Knoxville | $28,450 | 90 | 0.03% | |
| TN | Memphis | $23,370 | 280 | 0.05% | |
| TN | Nashville - Davidson - Murfreesboro - Franklin | $23,700 | 180 | 0.02% | |
| TX | Amarillo | $27,820 | 30 | 0.03% | |
| TX | Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos | $24,700 | 670 | 0.08% | |
| TX | Beaumont - Port Arthur | $21,560 | 30 | 0.02% | |
| TX | Brownsville - Harlingen | $21,150 | 80 | 0.06% | |
| TX | College Station - Bryan | $24,130 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| TX | Corpus Christi | $22,430 | 140 | 0.08% | |
| TX | Dallas - Plano - Irving (Metro Area) | $27,770 | 1,730 | 0.08% | |
| TX | El Paso | $26,080 | 130 | 0.05% | |
| TX | Fort Worth - Arlington (Metro Area) | $29,040 | 1,340 | 0.15% | |
| TX | Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown | $20,500 | 2,940 | 0.11% | |
| TX | Laredo | $21,440 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| TX | Longview | $19,760 | 30 | 0.04% | |
| TX | Lubbock | $26,500 | N/A | N/A | |
| TX | McAllen - Edinburg - Mission | $22,800 | 110 | 0.05% | |
| TX | Odessa | $27,660 | 30 | 0.05% | |
| TX | San Antonio - New Braunfels | $23,540 | 830 | 0.10% | |
| TX | Tyler | $24,100 | N/A | N/A | |
| TX | Victoria | $24,700 | 30 | 0.06% | |
| TX | Waco | $22,260 | 70 | 0.07% | |
| UT | Ogden - Clearfield | $26,790 | N/A | N/A | |
| UT | Provo - Orem | $31,680 | N/A | N/A | |
| UT | Salt Lake City | $37,940 | 570 | 0.09% | |
| VA | Danville | $21,020 | 30 | 0.09% | |
| VA | Richmond | $27,050 | 180 | 0.03% | |
| VA | Roanoke | $29,400 | 200 | 0.14% | |
| VA | Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News | $27,770 | 220 | 0.03% | |
| VT | Burlington - South Burlington | $29,450 | 50 | 0.05% | |
| WA | Bellingham | $27,550 | 50 | 0.06% | |
| WA | Bremerton - Silverdale | $32,990 | N/A | N/A | |
| WA | Kennewick - Pasco - Richland | $23,760 | 90 | 0.09% | |
| WA | Seattle - Bellevue - Everett (Metro Area) | $29,660 | 1,310 | 0.09% | |
| WA | Spokane | $29,970 | 110 | 0.06% | |
| WA | Tacoma (Metro Area) | $30,280 | 100 | 0.04% | |
| WI | Appleton | $29,890 | 40 | 0.04% | |
| WI | Green Bay | $25,090 | 70 | 0.04% | |
| WI | Madison | $27,520 | 130 | 0.04% | |
| WI | Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis | $25,960 | 340 | 0.04% | |
| WV | Charleston | $24,040 | 50 | 0.03% | |
| WV | Huntington - Ashland | $20,410 | 40 | 0.03% |