State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Georgia vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Georgia, $81,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $81,390
- p25
- $58,480
- p75
- $96,200
- p10
- $40,000
- p90
- $106,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.