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
1750
3750
6000
Sales Manager
2000
3250
8000
Community Manager / Moderator
1500
1800
3150
Account manager
2200
3000
4500
Support Specialist
1000
1500
2000
Recruiter
1700
3000
3750
HR Manager
1750
3000
3500
Data Scientist / Analytics
1500
3000
4000
Game Designer
1200
2000
3000
Lead Game Designer
2500
3000
5250
Level Designer
1250
2000
3000
Narrative Designer / Script Writer
1000
1600
2500
2D Artist
1000
1500
2500
3D Artist
1000
1500
2125
UI/UX Designer
1500
2400
3300
Concept Artist
1000
1800
2500
Motion design
1500
2000
3000
Technical Artist
1500
2500
3500
2D Animator
1400
2000
2700
3D Animator
1100
1800
2500
Visual Effects Artist
1800
2500
3200
Art Director
2500
4000
5000
Sound Designer
1500
2000
3000
Localization Manager
700
1200
3250
User Acquisition
2200
3500
5000
Digital Marketing Manager
2000
3500
5000
SMM manager
1350
2000
2500
Copywriter
1225
2000
3000
PR manager
1600
3300
6000
Marketing Analyst
1500
2750
4750
CMO
4600
5000
9500
Producer
2500
3500
5000
Product Manager
2400
3800
5750
Project Manager
1500
2500
3500
COO
5000
7000
9000
General Producer / General PM
3000
5000
7000
CTO
5000
5000
7000
JavaScript Developer
1500
2000
4000
Unreal Engine Developer
1800
3000
4000
C++ Developer
2000
3000
4500
Python Developer
1000
1600
2000
Unity Developer
1500
2500
3500
Backend Developer
1750
3000
5000
Frontend Developer
1800
3000
4000
Manual QA Engineer
1000
1600
2500
QA Automation Engineer
1500
2500
3500
QA Director
2150
3500
4350
Content Manager
1300
2000
3000
C# / .NET Developer
1500
3000
5000
Full Stack Developer
2000
3000
5000
Administrative
1200
1400
2000
HTML5/JS Developer
2000
3000
4000
Character Rigger/Animation Artist
1100
1550
2500
Icon/Graphic Designer
1400
2000
3000
Composer
1200
2000
3000
CEO
5000
6500
10000
Art Manager
2000
3000
4000
Game Publishing Manager
1750
3300
5000
Video Game Proofreader
925
2500
3000
Game Translator
1000
1350
3000
Subtitle Translator
500
1300
2000
Editor
1500
2000
3000
Head of Game Design
3000
5000
6000
Technical Designer
1400
1800
2800
Unreal Artist
1000
2000
2500
Art Lead
2000
3000
4200
BI Analyst
1400
2500
4500
Creative Manager
1900
3000
4250

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: