State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Virginia vs Washington
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In Virginia, $81,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.4% — not 38.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.9%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-35.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $81,510
- p25
- $66,920
- p75
- $110,180
- p10
- $47,140
- p90
- $138,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.