State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Missouri
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Missouri, $65,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.5% — not 99.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+99.4%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+63.5%
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%
Missouri
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $65,470
- p25
- $59,160
- p75
- $77,570
- p10
- $48,020
- p90
- $103,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.