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Special Effects Artists and Animators pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Special Effects Artists and Animators is $74,520 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. It is $156,950 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 52.5% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 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 180 wage and salary jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL and 510 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. 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.