State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Texas vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Texas, $78,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.9%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-34.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $78,930
- p25
- $62,460
- p75
- $121,960
- p10
- $56,020
- p90
- $150,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.