State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Massachusetts, $80,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
-21.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $80,640
- p25
- $63,090
- p75
- $98,370
- p10
- $57,900
- p90
- $109,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.