State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Maryland
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Maryland, $85,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.3% — not 52.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.1%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+44.3%
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%
Maryland
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $85,830
- p25
- $57,520
- p75
- $96,640
- p10
- $52,710
- p90
- $110,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.