State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Ohio
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Ohio, $67,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.3% — not 94.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+94.8%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+63.3%
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%
Ohio
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $67,000
- p25
- $62,160
- p75
- $156,170
- p10
- $45,310
- p90
- $166,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.