State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs New York
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In New York, $96,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.5% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.9%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+31.5%
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%
New York
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $96,770
- p25
- $76,420
- p75
- $136,840
- p10
- $60,190
- p90
- $176,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.