State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Nevada vs West Virginia
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In West Virginia, $60,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43% — not 59.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.7%
Nevada vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+43%
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%
West Virginia
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $60,940
- p25
- $50,860
- p75
- $61,270
- p10
- $50,860
- p90
- $77,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.