State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Minnesota
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Minnesota, $64,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.9% — not 100.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+100.9%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+78.9%
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%
Minnesota
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $64,990
- p25
- $64,980
- p75
- $69,960
- p10
- $62,070
- p90
- $77,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- 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.