Animator

Animator turns a brief into assets or experiences that support a product goal.

Salary from $1,606 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to $3,058 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs 116 Last 3 months
Applications per job 3.6 JobNote category match
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Published signal

Graphic / Motion Design proxy + Creative family
$1,600 Graphic / Motion Design median
$1,570 Graphic / Motion median

Hiring Review the brief, constraints, iterations, and outcome behind portfolio pieces.

Candidate Explain the problem, your decisions, and the result—not visuals alone.

Data Graphic/Motion proxy; not an exact speciality median.

Most wanted skills

Counts of active jobs now and salaries.

2D Animation 28 $1611–$3320 After Effects 22 $1219–$2192 Spine 19 $1081–$3097 Adobe Photoshop 18 $1193–$2143 Unity Game Development 11 $1594–$3207 Keyframe Animation 10 $1250–$4020 3D Animation 9 $1451–$2796 Animation Design 9 $1875–$2511 Autodesk Maya 9 $2220–$3391 Skinning 9 $1537–$2534 VFX 8 $1787–$3878 3Ds Max 7 $1533–$2500 Animation 7 $1900–$3013 Character Rigging 6 $1750–$3500 Game Animation 6 $3033–$5400 Rigging 6 $1162–$2387

Where to hire

Sources

  1. Non-technical salaries — summer 2026 Published signal ·
  2. Non-technical salaries — winter 2026 Published signal ·