State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Nevada vs New Mexico
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In New Mexico, $54,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66.2% — not 80.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+80.3%
Nevada vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+66.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
New Mexico
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $54,000
- p25
- $52,790
- p75
- $54,010
- p10
- $52,070
- p90
- $82,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.