State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Nevada vs Pennsylvania
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Pennsylvania, $71,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.4% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
Nevada vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+32.4%
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%
Pennsylvania
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $71,760
- p25
- $57,490
- p75
- $93,410
- p10
- $49,680
- p90
- $103,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.