State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Missouri vs Nevada
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Missouri, $65,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 32.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.7%
Missouri vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
-25.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $65,470
- p25
- $59,160
- p75
- $77,570
- p10
- $48,020
- p90
- $103,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.