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Animators who are employed full-time earn an average yearly salary ranging from $35,275 to $61,391 per year, according to PayScale. Of those employed full-time, 73 percent receive health care such as medical, dental or vision care and other employer-provided benefits.
New York ranked second in animator salaries at $70,670 annually, followed by Washington state at $67,140 per year, Massachusetts at $64,960 yearly and Washington, D.C., at $64,710 annually. The very lowest salary for animators, $30,310 per year, was reported in Montana.While the U.S. economy is expected to add jobs at an average rate of 14 percent between 2010 and 2020, the bureau projects that jobs for animators will grow at a significantly slower rate of just 8 percent.ay by Industry. Nearly a third of all animators worked in the motion picture and video industry as of May 2011, and the bureau reported that these animators also earned the highest average wage for their occupation, $83,250 per year.