State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Nevada vs New York
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In New York, $96,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 0.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.6%
Nevada vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+8.5%
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 York
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $96,770
- p25
- $76,420
- p75
- $136,840
- p10
- $60,190
- p90
- $176,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.