State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Kentucky vs Nevada
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Kentucky, $50,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42% — not 47.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.6%
Kentucky vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
-42%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $50,970
- p25
- $45,490
- p75
- $73,990
- p10
- $44,700
- p90
- $89,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.