State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Kansas
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Kansas, $62,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.4% — not 108.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+108.1%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+69.4%
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%
Kansas
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $62,720
- p25
- $59,000
- p75
- $85,040
- p10
- $56,470
- p90
- $102,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.