State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Iowa vs Nevada
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Iowa, $47,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.4% — not 51.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.2%
Iowa vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
-44.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $47,530
- p25
- $42,580
- p75
- $60,980
- p10
- $39,300
- p90
- $104,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.