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
1800
4000
6000
Sales Manager
2200
3500
10000
Community Manager / Moderator
1000
1625
2900
Account manager
2350
3500
5500
Support Specialist
1000
1500
2000
Recruiter
1300
2000
3000
HR Manager
1150
2000
3250
Data Scientist / Analytics
1500
3000
4000
Game Designer
1000
2000
3000
Lead Game Designer
2500
3250
5000
Level Designer
1200
2000
3000
Narrative Designer / Script Writer
1000
1500
2500
2D Artist
1000
1500
2500
3D Artist
1000
1500
2100
UI/UX Designer
1350
2000
3100
Concept Artist
1000
1700
2500
Motion design
1500
2000
2900
Technical Artist
1500
2500
3750
2D Animator
1275
2000
2500
3D Animator
1200
2000
2700
Visual Effects Artist
2000
2500
3500
Art Director
2500
4000
5000
Sound Designer
1200
2000
3000
Localization Manager
700
1200
2638
User Acquisition
2000
3000
4500
Digital Marketing Manager
1900
2850
5000
SMM manager
1500
2000
2500
Copywriter
1250
2000
3000
Marketing Analyst
1750
2500
4000
CMO
4000
5000
9000
Producer
2500
3500
5000
Product Manager
2000
3600
5500
Project Manager
1500
2500
3500
COO
5000
7000
9000
General Producer / General PM
3300
5000
6000
CTO
5000
5600
8000
JavaScript Developer
2000
3550
4000
Unreal Engine Developer
1500
2500
4000
C++ Developer
1800
3000
4300
Python Developer
1000
1500
2500
Unity Developer
1500
2500
3650
Backend Developer
1500
3000
5000
Frontend Developer
1500
3000
4000
Manual QA Engineer
1000
1700
2600
QA Automation Engineer
1500
2500
3500
QA Director
3000
3500
4200
Content Manager
1500
2000
3000
C# / .NET Developer
1500
3000
5000
Full Stack Developer
2000
3500
5000
Administrative
1200
1500
2500
HTML5/JS Developer
2000
3550
4000
Character Rigger/Animation Artist
1000
1500
2300
Icon/Graphic Designer
1500
2000
3500
Composer
1000
2000
3000
CEO
5000
6250
9000
Art Manager
2100
3000
4000
Game Publishing Manager
2000
3300
4500
Video Game Proofreader
925
1750
3000
Game Translator
1000
1750
2800
Subtitle Translator
700
2000
2300
Editor
1500
2138
3000
Head of Game Design
2750
5000
7000
Technical Designer
1450
1900
3000
Unreal Artist
1200
2000
2500
Art Lead
2000
2600
4000
BI Analyst
1500
3000
5500
Creative Manager
2000
3000
4750

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: