State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In California, $130,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 2.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.2%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
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%
Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $133,480
- p25
- $100,550
- p75
- $174,990
- p10
- $65,270
- p90
- $209,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.