State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Kansas vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Kansas, $62,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.2% — not 53%.
Nominal pay gap
-53%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-44.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $62,720
- p25
- $59,000
- p75
- $85,040
- p10
- $56,470
- p90
- $102,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.