State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Colorado vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Colorado, $91,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.6%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $91,290
- p25
- $77,570
- p75
- $105,120
- p10
- $57,350
- p90
- $124,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.