State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Nevada vs Rhode Island
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Rhode Island, $80,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.4% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
Nevada vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+24.4%
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%
Rhode Island
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $80,040
- p25
- $48,640
- p75
- $84,510
- p10
- $45,810
- p90
- $99,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.