State comparison · 2025
Special Effects Artists and Animators salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Special Effects Artists and Animators in Washington earn a median of $133,480. In West Virginia, $60,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 83.2% — not 119%.
Nominal pay gap
+119%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+83.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Median
- $60,940
- p25
- $50,860
- p75
- $61,270
- p10
- $50,860
- p90
- $77,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.