Game Development Industry Salaries 2025

Salaries by profession and skill level sourced from our database

Category

Profession level

Position
Q1
Median
Q3
Business development manager
1900
3300
6000
Sales Manager
1900
3500
10000
Community Manager / Moderator
1000
1625
2500
Account manager
1750
2750
5500
Support Specialist
1000
1500
2000
Recruiter
1250
1750
2350
HR Manager
1000
1800
2700
Data Scientist / Analytics
1500
3000
4500
Game Designer
1000
2000
3000
Lead Game Designer
2500
3500
5000
Level Designer
1200
2000
3000
Narrative Designer / Script Writer
1000
1600
2500
2D Artist
1000
1500
2500
3D Artist
1000
1500
2000
UI/UX Designer
1500
2000
3350
Concept Artist
1000
1800
2500
Motion design
1500
2000
2850
Technical Artist
1500
2350
3500
2D Animator
1250
2000
2500
3D Animator
1200
2000
2500
Visual Effects Artist
1800
2500
3500
Art Director
2500
4000
5000
Sound Designer
1200
2000
3000
Localization Manager
700
1825
2638
User Acquisition
2000
3000
4750
Digital Marketing Manager
2000
2500
5000
SMM manager
1300
2000
2300
Copywriter
1500
2000
3000
Marketing Analyst
1700
2500
4650
CMO
4600
5000
9000
Producer
2500
3500
5000
Product Manager
2500
3500
5000
Project Manager
1500
2500
3500
COO
5000
5750
8000
General Producer / General PM
3000
4750
6000
CTO
5000
5500
10000
JavaScript Developer
2000
2999
4500
Unreal Engine Developer
1500
2500
4000
C++ Developer
1500
3000
4500
Python Developer
700
1250
2000
Unity Developer
1200
2100
3500
Backend Developer
1500
2750
5000
Frontend Developer
1500
3000
4000
Manual QA Engineer
1000
1500
2500
QA Automation Engineer
1000
2050
3350
QA Director
3000
3500
4000
Content Manager
1500
2000
3000
C# / .NET Developer
1253
2500
5000
Full Stack Developer
2000
3600
5000
Technical writer
1000
2000
3000
Administrative
1000
1400
2000
HTML5/JS Developer
1800
3000
4750
Character Rigger/Animation Artist
1200
1700
2400
Icon/Graphic Designer
1550
2500
3500
Composer
1000
2000
3000
CEO
3500
6000
8000
Art Manager
2000
3000
4000
Game Publishing Manager
2250
3750
7750
Video Game Proofreader
1000
2250
3000
Game Translator
1000
1675
2500
Subtitle Translator
1200
2000
2500
Editor
1400
2000
2750
UX Researcher
1500
2100
4000
Head of Game Design
3000
4750
6000
Technical Designer
1400
1800
3000
Unreal Artist
1500
2000
2900
Art Lead
1900
2500
4000
BI Analyst
1050
2500
4900
Creative Manager
2500
3500
5000

Salaries in the game development industry are always an interesting topic for both candidates and companies. The Big Salary Survey is held annually so that game developers could find out what's going on in the industry and share the information with all interested in parties.

Deciphering abbreviations:
Q1 - the first salary quartile in US dollars;
Median - median value of salaries in US dollars;
Q3 — the third quartile of salary values in US dollars;

The report 2024 offers key insights into the games job market, analyzing industry trends on salaries, workplace challenges, satisfaction, discrimination, AI integration, and the rise of freelancing.

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The 2021 Salary Survey collected 2413 responses. Read the results by clicking the button below:

The 2020 Salary Survey collected 2163 responses. Read the results by clicking the button below:

The Big Salary Survey of 2019 collected a record 2000 responses. Download an extended version of the presentation for DevGAMM Moscow 2019 with the results of the Big Salary Survey 2019:

The 2018 Salary Survey collected 1200 responses. Read the results by clicking the button below:

The first big salary survey in the CIS was conducted in 2017 when 836 anonymous questionnaires were collected. Read the results by clicking the button below: