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Special Effects Artists and Animators pay in Kentucky and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Special Effects Artists and Animators is $50,970 per year in Kentucky. It is $133,480 per year in Washington. Kentucky is 61.8% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-1014 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Kentucky and 1,130 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings