State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Georgia
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Georgia, $81,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.5% — not 60.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.4%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+39.5%
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%
Georgia
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $81,390
- p25
- $58,480
- p75
- $96,200
- p10
- $40,000
- p90
- $106,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.