State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Florida vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Florida, $85,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Florida vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-33.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $85,870
- p25
- $81,730
- p75
- $104,410
- p10
- $71,140
- p90
- $114,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.