State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Massachusetts
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Massachusetts, $80,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.7% — not 61.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.9%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+54.7%
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%
Massachusetts
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $80,640
- p25
- $63,090
- p75
- $98,370
- p10
- $57,900
- p90
- $109,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.