Key Factors That Influence 3D Animator II Salaries
A 3D Animator II's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors.
Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, skills
and company size
can directly affect your earning potential.
How Experience Level Affects 3D Animator Salaries?
Experience is a primary driver of a 3D Animator II's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:
Salaries can also vary between different cities.
Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay.
Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:
San Jose: $98,100
San Francisco: $97,100
Oakland: $95,000
San Jose, CA$98,100
San Francisco, CA$97,100
Oakland, CA$95,000
New York, NY$89,600
Paramus, NJ$88,500
Queens Village, NY$88,500
Passaic, NJ$88,400
Bergenfield, NJ$88,400
Huntington, NY$88,200
Stamford, CT$88,200
Newark, NJ$87,600
Bridgeport, CT$87,500
Vallejo, CA$87,300
New Brunswick, NJ$87,300
Petaluma, CA$87,200
Middlesex, NJ$87,100
Somerset, NJ$87,000
Santa Cruz, CA$86,900
Boston, MA$86,500
Monterey, CA$86,200
Seattle, WA$86,000
Santa Rosa, CA$86,000
Los Angeles, CA$86,000
Juneau, AK$85,800
Washington, DC$85,700
Orange, CA$85,400
Santa Ana, CA$85,200
Anaheim, CA$85,100
Anchorage, AK$85,100
Long Beach, CA$85,100
Santa Maria, CA$84,800
Everett, WA$84,800
Danbury, CT$84,500
Bremerton, WA$84,400
Tacoma, WA$84,200
New Suffolk, NY$84,200
Santa Barbara, CA$84,100
Sacramento, CA$84,100
Trenton, NJ$84,000
San Diego, CA$84,000
Brockton, MA$83,900
Fairbanks, AK$83,700
Lompoc, CA$83,500
Lowell, MA$83,400
Ventura, CA$83,400
Nashua, NH$83,400
Stockton, CA$83,400
Modesto, CA$82,800
Poughkeepsie, NY$82,700
New Haven, CT$82,500
Olympia, WA$82,500
Kennewick, WA$82,500
Lawrence, MA$82,200
Hartford, CT$82,100
Riverside, CA$82,100
New Bedford, MA$82,000
Richland, WA$82,000
Atlantic City, NJ$81,900
New Britain, CT$81,900
San Bernardino, CA$81,900
Bakersfield, CA$81,900
New London, CT$81,800
Norwich, CT$81,800
Portsmouth, NH$81,800
Boulder, CO$81,600
Portland, OR$81,500
Worcester, MA$81,500
Minneapolis, MN$81,300
Philadelphia, PA$81,200
Honolulu, HI$80,900
Saint Paul, MN$80,900
Vineland, NJ$80,900
Providence, RI$80,600
Chicago, IL$80,400
Bellingham, WA$80,300
Springfield, MA$80,300
Baltimore, MD$80,200
Chico, CA$80,000
Pittsfield, MA$79,800
Manchester, NH$79,700
Spokane, WA$79,300
Denver, CO$79,300
Albany, NY$79,000
Troy, NY$78,900
Nassau, NY$78,900
Schenectady, NY$78,800
Wilmington, DE$78,700
Salem, OR$78,600
Burlington, VT$78,600
Portland, ME$78,300
Yakima, WA$78,200
Rochester, MN$78,000
Reno, NV$78,000
Fresno, CA$78,000
Milwaukee, WI$77,900
Ann Arbor, MI$77,800
Allentown, PA$77,800
Detroit, MI$77,800
Colorado Springs, CO$77,700
Syracuse, NY$77,600
Carson City, NV$77,600
Houston, TX$77,500
Eugene, OR$77,500
Gary, IN$77,400
Galveston, TX$77,300
Bismarck, ND$77,300
Springfield, OR$77,300
Medford, OR$77,100
Fort Collins, CO$77,100
Concord, NH$77,100
Austin, TX$77,000
Mesa, AZ$76,900
Reading, PA$76,900
Phoenix, AZ$76,900
Saint Cloud, MN$76,800
Dallas, TX$76,800
Madison, WI$76,700
Utica, NY$76,500
Rochester, NY$76,300
Des Moines, IA$76,300
Raleigh, NC$76,300
Atlanta, GA$76,200
Battle Creek, MI$76,200
Salt Lake City, UT$76,100
Lancaster, PA$76,000
Harrisburg, PA$75,900
Pittsburgh, PA$75,800
Boca Raton, FL$75,800
Columbus, OH$75,800
Kansas City, MO$75,800
Champaign, IL$75,800
Kansas City, KS$75,800
Fort Worth, TX$75,800
Indianapolis, IN$75,700
Richmond, VA$75,700
Cleveland, OH$75,700
Cincinnati, OH$75,600
Las Vegas, NV$75,600
Petersburg, VA$75,500
Huntsville, AL$75,400
Lansing, MI$75,300
Lebanon, PA$75,300
Pueblo, CO$75,300
Appleton, WI$75,300
Buffalo, NY$75,300
Racine, WI$75,200
Dayton, OH$75,200
Charlotte, NC$75,200
Saint Louis, MO$75,200
Lorain, OH$75,100
Beaumont, TX$75,100
Billings, MT$75,100
Benton Harbor, MI$75,100
Elkhart, IN$75,100
York, PA$75,100
Gastonia, NC$75,100
Rockford, IL$75,000
Rock Hill, SC$75,000
Binghamton, NY$75,000
Toledo, OH$75,000
Springfield, IL$74,900
Elyria, OH$74,900
Fargo, ND$74,900
Flagstaff, AZ$74,900
Fort Lauderdale, FL$74,800
Duluth, MN$74,800
Miami, FL$74,800
Cheyenne, WY$74,700
Grand Forks, ND$74,700
Bangor, ME$74,500
Cedar Rapids, IA$74,500
Durham, NC$74,400
Louisville, KY$74,400
Grand Rapids, MI$74,400
Hialeah, FL$74,400
Casper, WY$74,300
Virginia Beach, VA$74,200
Scranton, PA$74,200
New Orleans, LA$74,200
Akron, OH$74,100
Peoria, IL$74,000
Sarasota, FL$74,000
Charleston, SC$73,900
Nashville, TN$73,900
Omaha, NE$73,900
Green Bay, WI$73,900
Baton Rouge, LA$73,900
Davenport, IA$73,900
Jamestown, NY$73,900
Tucson, AZ$73,800
Saint Petersburg, FL$73,800
Tampa, FL$73,800
Port Arthur, TX$73,700
Bradenton, FL$73,700
Evansville, IN$73,700
Santa Fe, NM$73,500
Clearwater, FL$73,400
Orlando, FL$73,400
La Crosse, WI$73,200
Canton, OH$73,200
Albuquerque, NM$73,200
Newport News, VA$73,200
High Point, NC$73,100
Ogden, UT$73,100
Norfolk, VA$73,000
Laramie, WY$73,000
Corpus Christi, TX$73,000
Rock Island, IL$72,900
Saginaw, MI$72,900
Jacksonville, FL$72,900
Salisbury, NC$72,900
Boise, ID$72,900
Moline, IL$72,900
Fort Myers, FL$72,800
Memphis, TN$72,800
Tulsa, OK$72,800
Spartanburg, SC$72,700
Waterloo, IA$72,700
Lincoln, NE$72,600
Fort Wayne, IN$72,600
Provo, UT$72,600
Cedar Falls, IA$72,500
San Antonio, TX$72,500
Greensboro, NC$72,400
South Bend, IN$72,400
Winston Salem, NC$72,300
Birmingham, AL$72,300
Muskegon, MI$72,300
Savannah, GA$72,300
Lake Charles, LA$72,100
Anderson, IN$72,100
Lexington, KY$72,000
Augusta, GA$72,000
Greenville, SC$72,000
Lima, OH$72,000
Springfield, OH$71,900
Columbia, SC$71,900
Tuscaloosa, AL$71,900
Wichita, KS$71,900
Asheville, NC$71,700
Bloomington, IN$71,700
Knoxville, TN$71,400
Shreveport, LA$71,400
Wilmington, NC$71,300
Roanoke, VA$71,300
Chillicothe, OH$71,100
Oklahoma City, OK$71,100
Topeka, KS$71,100
Frankfort, KY$71,100
Longview, TX$71,000
Melbourne, FL$71,000
Sioux Falls, SD$70,900
Mobile, AL$70,900
Terre Haute, IN$70,900
Killeen, TX$70,800
Altoona, PA$70,800
Amarillo, TX$70,800
Chattanooga, TN$70,700
Fayetteville, AR$70,700
Sioux City, IA$70,600
Idaho Falls, ID$70,600
Lynchburg, VA$70,500
Gainesville, FL$70,400
Portsmouth, OH$70,400
Little Rock, AR$70,400
Temple, TX$70,300
Pensacola, FL$70,300
Clarksville, TN$70,300
Youngstown, OH$70,300
Lafayette, LA$70,300
Daytona Beach, FL$70,300
Hopkinsville, KY$70,000
Erie, PA$70,000
Florence, SC$70,000
Charleston, WV$69,900
Great Falls, MT$69,800
Waco, TX$69,700
Fayetteville, NC$69,700
Macon, GA$69,700
Tallahassee, FL$69,700
Helena, MT$69,600
Pine Bluff, AR$69,600
Vincennes, IN$69,500
Lubbock, TX$69,500
Alamogordo, NM$69,400
Twin Falls, ID$69,400
Rapid City, SD$69,300
Greenville, MS$69,200
Huntington, WV$69,200
Jackson, MS$69,200
Parkersburg, WV$69,100
Montgomery, AL$69,100
Wichita Falls, TX$69,000
Springfield, MO$69,000
Biloxi, MS$69,000
Monroe, LA$68,900
Columbus, GA$68,800
Sumter, SC$68,800
Johnstown, PA$68,800
Pascagoula, MS$68,700
Abilene, TX$68,700
Kingsport, TN$68,500
Albany, GA$68,500
Gulfport, MS$68,400
Alexandria, LA$68,200
Fort Smith, AR$68,000
El Paso, TX$67,800
Las Cruces, NM$67,400
Harlingen, TX$67,200
Pocatello, ID$67,200
Florence, AL$67,100
Brownsville, TX$67,100
Mcallen, TX$66,900
Dothan, AL$66,800
Columbus, MS$66,400
Altus, OK$66,000
Lawton, OK$65,800
Pierre, SD$65,600
What Skills Can Increase a 3D Animator II's Salary?
Demanded Skills for the Role:
Presentation (Mentioned in 2.02% Job Postings): Presentation conveys information from a speaker to an audience. Presentations are typically demonstrations, introduction, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate, build goodwill, or present a new idea/product.
Typography (Mentioned in 2.5% Job Postings): Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing (leading), and letter-spacing (tracking), and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). The term typography is also applied to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process. Type design is a closely related craft, sometimes considered part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. Typography also may be used as a decorative device, unrelated to communication of information. Typography is the work of typesetters (also known as compositors), typographers, graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, graffiti artists, and, now, anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication, display, or distribution, from clerical workers and newsletter writers to anyone self-publishing materials. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of previously unrelated designers and lay users. As the capability to create typography has become ubiquitous, the application of principles and best practices developed over generations of skilled workers and professionals has diminished. So at a time when scientific techniques can support the proven traditions (e.g., greater legibility with the use of serifs, upper and lower case, contrast, etc.) through understanding the limitations of human vision, typography as often encountered may fail to achieve its principal objective: effective communication.
Illustration (Mentioned in 1.66% Job Postings): Using creative artwork to explain or depict a particular meaning to come across the viewer's mind.
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay.
Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a 3D Animator II's salary.
Hard Working: Can increase your salary by up to 6%.
UI: Can increase your salary by up to 5%.
Game Engines: Can increase your salary by up to 4%.
3D Animator II Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise
3D Animator II salary potential scales significantly with company size.
Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $93,762.
While startup companies pay approximate $79,313.
3D Animator II Salary by Company Size
Company Size
Employees
Average Salary
Startup
1~50
$79,313
Growth Stage
51~500
$83,881
Established
501~5000
$90,539
Enterprise
5000+
$93,762
3D Animator II Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors
For 3D Animator II roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential
by as much as 70% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries).
Data shows that the Biotechnology and Energy & Utilities
sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 25% above the average.
In contrast, 3D Animator positions in Transportation or Hospitality & Leisure typically offer lower base pay,
as these industries often view 3D Animator II as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.
The top paying industries for a 3D Animator II
Industry Sector
Average Annual Salary
Average Hourly Rate
Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology
$104,875
$50.0
25%
Energy & Utilities
$100,680
$48.0
20%
Pharmaceuticals
$100,680
$48.0
20%
Healthcare
$96,485
$46.0
15%
Aerospace & Defense
$92,290
$44.0
10%
3D Animator II Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay
Understanding how a 3D Animator II's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting.
Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role.
Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.
For a 3D Animator II, the most direct path to higher earnings is advancing to the 3D Animator III role.
This promotion typically comes with a significant pay increase, bringing the average annual salary to
$101,600 - a projected growth of
21%
over your current level.
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