Photo: REUTERS/Ian Waldie. Margot Kidder played Lois Lane along side Christopher Reeve's Superman in the first four comic book superhero turned into Superman movies. The Canadian born actress later went on to play part of Brigette Crosby in Smallville, set back in time when Clark Kent was just a kid.
Average Cartoonist Yearly Salary in the United States. Cartoonists earn a median salary of $42,610 per year. Salaries typically start from $18,450 and go up to $91,200. Learn more about the Cartoonist job market for salaries of real jobs in your area.
Average Pay. As of 2011, the BLS found that animators working for software publishers earn an average of $64,820 per year. Game Developer Magazine, which conducts an annual salary survey for the video game industry, found a similar average salary of $63,214 in 2011.s of 2011, Game Developer Magazine finds that animators working in the western states earn the highest average salary, $81,229 per year. Animators in the South earned the second-highest average wage by region, $71,818.