State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Indiana vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Indiana, $75,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.3% — not 43.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.6%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-35.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $75,250
- p25
- $54,640
- p75
- $93,090
- p10
- $50,920
- p90
- $93,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.