State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Illinois vs Nevada
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Illinois, $81,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
Illinois vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
-16.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $81,180
- p25
- $67,230
- p75
- $108,640
- p10
- $60,760
- p90
- $136,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
Nevada
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $97,350
- p25
- $77,420
- p75
- $105,920
- p10
- $72,720
- p90
- $129,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.