State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Kentucky, $50,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.7% — not 61.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-61.8%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-54.7%
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
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.