stop-motion animator
Stop-motion animators create animations by using puppets or clay models.
stop-motion animator stop-motion animators create animations by using puppets or clay models. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include follow work schedule, follow a brief, select artistic materials to create artworks, adapt to type of media, finish project within budget.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £32,510 a year for Graphic and multimedia designers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £26,854 to £40,000 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2142). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only stop-motion animator, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Frequently asked questions
What does stop-motion animator do?
Stop-motion animators create animations by using puppets or clay models.
What skills does stop-motion animator need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include follow work schedule, follow a brief, select artistic materials to create artworks, adapt to type of media, finish project within budget, set up animation elements. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace stop-motion animator?
Our AI-durability model gives stop-motion animator a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.