State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Minnesota vs Nevada
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Minnesota, $64,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.3% — not 33.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.2%
Minnesota vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
-32.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $64,990
- p25
- $64,980
- p75
- $69,960
- p10
- $62,070
- p90
- $77,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- 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.