State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Nevada vs Tennessee
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Tennessee, $83,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.2%
Nevada vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+7.7%
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%
Tennessee
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $83,080
- p25
- $66,070
- p75
- $101,530
- p10
- $60,320
- p90
- $170,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.