State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Nevada vs Wisconsin
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Nevada earn a median of $97,350. In Wisconsin, $64,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.2% — not 50%.
Nominal pay gap
+50%
Nevada vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+41.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $64,890
- p25
- $56,670
- p75
- $91,050
- p10
- $53,270
- p90
- $154,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.