State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Missouri vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Missouri, $65,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.2% — not 51%.
Nominal pay gap
-51%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-42.2%
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
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.