State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Iowa vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Iowa, $47,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.6% — not 64.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-64.4%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-56.6%
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
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.