State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Ohio vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Ohio, $67,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.1% — not 49.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.8%
Ohio vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-42.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Ohio
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $67,000
- p25
- $62,160
- p75
- $156,170
- p10
- $45,310
- p90
- $166,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $133,480
- p25
- $100,550
- p75
- $174,990
- p10
- $65,270
- p90
- $209,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.