State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Rhode Island
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Rhode Island, $80,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.7% — not 63.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.1%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+50.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $80,040
- p25
- $48,640
- p75
- $84,510
- p10
- $45,810
- p90
- $99,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.