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
1950
3250
8000
Community Manager / Moderator
1300
1900
2900
Account manager
2350
3000
4750
Support Specialist
1000
1500
1850
Recruiter
1700
2000
3500
HR Manager
1700
2350
3500
Data Scientist / Analytics
1500
3000
4000
Game Designer
1200
2000
3000
Lead Game Designer
2500
3500
5500
Level Designer
1200
2000
3000
Narrative Designer / Script Writer
1000
1500
2500
2D Artist
1000
1500
2500
3D Artist
1000
1500
2000
UI/UX Designer
1400
2000
3300
Concept Artist
1050
1800
2500
Motion design
1500
2000
3000
Technical Artist
1600
2500
3500
2D Animator
1300
2000
2500
3D Animator
1200
2000
2500
Visual Effects Artist
1800
2500
3000
Art Director
2500
4000
5000
Sound Designer
1300
2000
3000
Localization Manager
700
1200
3000
ASO Specialist
2000
2100
4000
User Acquisition
2000
3500
5000
Digital Marketing Manager
2000
3000
5000
SMM manager
1500
1895
2200
Copywriter
1300
2000
3000
Marketing Analyst
1500
2500
5000
CMO
4600
5000
7000
Producer
2500
3500
5000
Product Manager
2100
4000
5750
Project Manager
1500
2500
3500
COO
5000
7000
9000
General Producer / General PM
3000
5000
6000
JavaScript Developer
1800
3500
4250
Unreal Engine Developer
1700
2750
4000
C++ Developer
1800
3000
4000
Python Developer
1000
1600
2750
Unity Developer
1500
2500
3700
Backend Developer
1500
2900
4000
Frontend Developer
1550
3000
3750
Manual QA Engineer
1000
1600
2500
QA Automation Engineer
1500
2500
3500
QA Director
2500
3500
4200
Content Manager
1450
2000
3000
C# / .NET Developer
1500
3000
5000
Full Stack Developer
2000
3500
5000
Administrative
1200
1500
2100
HTML5/JS Developer
1800
3000
4000
Character Rigger/Animation Artist
1050
1500
2300
Icon/Graphic Designer
1500
2000
3000
Composer
1200
2000
3000
CEO
5000
6250
9000
Art Manager
2000
3000
4000
Game Publishing Manager
2000
3300
5000
Video Game Proofreader
925
1600
3000
Game Translator
1000
1700
2650
Subtitle Translator
775
2000
2150
Editor
1400
2000
3200
Head of Game Design
2500
5000
6000
Technical Designer
1500
1800
2800
Unreal Artist
1200
2000
3000
Art Lead
2000
3000
4000
BI Analyst
1500
3500
6000
Creative Manager
2000
3000
4500

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: