Salary Benchmarks

VFX Salary Intelligence

Real salary data from government sources, union rates, and industry reports. Know your worth across 24 VFX roles worldwide.

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Data Points
218,601
VFX Roles
24
Countries
5
Sources
Gov + Union
24 roles

Compositor

Compositing

$62Kmedian / yr
GBUSCA
11,491 data pts

Roto/Paint Artist

Compositing

$50Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,840 data pts

FX TD

FX

$63Kmedian / yr
GBUSCA
11,386 data pts

Creature FX TD

Creature & CFX

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,683 data pts

Lighter

Lighting & Rendering

$62Kmedian / yr
GBUSCA
11,461 data pts

Animator

Animation

$62Kmedian / yr
GBUSCA
11,490 data pts

Rigger

Rigging

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,760 data pts

Modeler

Modeling & Sculpting

$62Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,800 data pts

Texture Artist

Texturing & Surfacing

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,681 data pts

Look Dev Artist

Texturing & Surfacing

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,680 data pts

Matchmove Artist

Matchmove & Tracking

$58Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,740 data pts

Matte Painter

Matte Painting & Environment

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,681 data pts

Environment Artist

Matte Painting & Environment

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,680 data pts

Concept Artist

Art & Concept Design

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,697 data pts

Layout Artist

Layout

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,666 data pts

Previs Artist

Storyboarding & Previs

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,665 data pts

Generalist

Generalist

$62Kmedian / yr
GBUSCA
11,340 data pts

Pipeline TD

Software & Pipeline Development

$95Kmedian / yr
USINCA
664 data pts

VFX Supervisor

Supervision

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,720 data pts

CG Supervisor

Supervision

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,705 data pts

VFX Producer

Production Management

$100Kmedian / yr
USCA
46 data pts

VFX Coordinator

Production Management

$55Kmedian / yr
US
45 data pts

Motion Capture TD

Motion Capture

$63Kmedian / yr
GBCAUS
10,665 data pts

Head of Department

Studio Management

$230Kmedian / yr
US
15 data pts

Salary data sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), H-1B disclosure records, Canada Job Bank, UK Office for National Statistics, union rate cards, and published industry reports. All figures represent gross annual compensation in original currency. Aggregates require a minimum of 5 data points before display (k-anonymity). Individual submissions are never shown.