State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: California vs Wisconsin
Special Effects Artists and Animators in California earn a median of $130,540. In Wisconsin, $64,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 71% — not 101.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+101.2%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+71%
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%
Wisconsin
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $64,890
- p25
- $56,670
- p75
- $91,050
- p10
- $53,270
- p90
- $154,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.