State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Minnesota, $64,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.2% — not 51.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.3%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-47.2%
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%
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.