State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Rhode Island, $80,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.3% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
-40%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-37.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $80,040
- p25
- $48,640
- p75
- $84,510
- p10
- $45,810
- p90
- $99,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.