State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Arizona vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Arizona, $89,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.8%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.6%
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
Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $133,480
- p25
- $100,550
- p75
- $174,990
- p10
- $65,270
- p90
- $209,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.