State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Pennsylvania, $71,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.1% — not 46.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.2%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-41.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $71,760
- p25
- $57,490
- p75
- $93,410
- p10
- $49,680
- p90
- $103,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.