What Salary Does an Animator Make?
So-you’ve decided on a career as an animator. What kind of money can you expect to make in this field? First of all, you need to look at what you’ll make when you enter the field versus what you can earn over the lifetime of your career. Animators can make anywhere from $30,000 a year to over $100,000, depending on location and years of experience. The average salary range, according to payscale.com, is from $36,306 to $64,783. According to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008 the lowest-paid 10 percent of animators earned a salary of around $31,570 annually, while those in the highest-paid 10 percent earned around $100,390. Animators for film visual effects and entertainment or game software command the high end of this spectrum. Other fields boasting high-salaried animator jobs in 2008 were aerospace parts manufacturing, information services, and employment agencies. Those animators holding positions in these fields held average salaries between $68,200 and $76,000 a year. C
