State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Arizona vs California
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Arizona, $89,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-24.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $89,650
- p25
- $65,810
- p75
- $100,230
- p10
- $59,870
- p90
- $100,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
California
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $130,540
- p25
- $99,280
- p75
- $164,800
- p10
- $71,710
- p90
- $206,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.