State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Florida
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Florida, $85,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42% — not 52%.
Nominal pay gap
+52%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+42%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Florida
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $85,870
- p25
- $81,730
- p75
- $104,410
- p10
- $71,140
- p90
- $114,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.