Game Development Industry Salaries for 2021

Game Development Industry Salaries (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus)

Category

Profession level

Position
Q1
Median
Q3
N
Gameplay Programmer
1200
1874
2993
244
Game Designer
820
1300
1800
243
Generalist Programmer
1350
2148
3500
162
3D Artist
750
1000
1648
157
UI Programmer
1006
1800
2825
155
2D Artist
600
946
1350
150
Tools Programmer
1200
1900
3000
120
Gameplay Scripter
800
1500
2250
99
Manual QA
508
743
1038
94
Project Manager
988
1700
2400
82
Engine Programmer
1313
2419
3875
78
Producer
2000
2700
4000
71
Server/Network Programmer
1388
2419
3438
62
Graphic Programmer
1170
2000
3065
60
Analyst
1158
1700
2000
58
Animator
1000
1200
1994
46
Concept Artist
1060
1461
2125
45
UA Manager
1000
1600
2095
43
Game Design Team Lead
1543
2000
2484
40
Narration Designer
796
1036
1333
40
PM / PO / Producer Associate
1870
2300
3000
37
Level Designer
700
1000
1353
33
Art-lead
1434
2000
2425
32
Head Community and Support
1095
1500
1950
28
QA Team Lead
1150
1500
2350
27
Business Development Manager
1300
1800
2300
26
ART Director
1925
2500
2800
23
UI/UX Designer
935
1100
2000
23
VFX Artist
1052
1765
2500
21
Technical Designer
1000
1500
1850
21
Technical Artist
775
1530
2263
20
HR Generalist
888
1175
1600
20
Generalist Artist
800
1200
1501
19
CMO
1630
3000
3800
18
User Acquisition Team Lead
2900
3000
5000
17
General of Producer or General PM
2170
3000
5000
17
3D Team Lead
1200
1850
2300
17
HRD
1675
2550
3250
16
Monetization Manager
775
1437
2400
16
Recruiter
754
950
1112
16
GD Director
1605
2000
3500
15
CTO
2800
4000
4500
13
Founder / President
2000
2000
10000
13
Product Marketing Manager
1200
1450
1750
13
Community Manager
800
1000
1220
13
Support Manager
644
679
850
13
COO
2650
4271
5750
12
General Producer / General PM
2236
4000
5000
12
Video Designer
1163
1300
1425
12
Designer (in-game)
695
1100
1563
12
ASO Manager
700
1089
1675
12
Scriptwriter
950
1000
1268
11
Support & Community Manager
550
630
1193
11
Head of Production and Development
2575
3700
6125
10
System Game Designer
1450
1685
1860
10
Manual+Automatization QA
863
1345
1909
10
Localization Manager
818
975
1667
10
Creative Director
2600
3400
4000
9
2D Team Lead
1154
2200
2418
9
Инди - все и сразу
2000
2000
2300
9
Localizer / Translator
470
740
1300
9
Sound/Audio Producer
2625
3175
3538
8
Animation Lead
2352
3000
3400
8
UI/UX Lead
1667
2140
3550
8
Art-manager
1551
1750
2550
8
Performance Marketing Manager
892
1300
1799
8
Designer (marketing and creativity)
870
999
1163
8
Analytics Team Lead
2660
4000
4100
7
Sound/Audio Designer
1550
3000
3175
7
CEO
2000
2000
5150
7
HR
1035
1155
1350
7
Sound/Audio Engineer
780
885
1875
6
Head of RND
1643
3500
5000
5
Head of Games Department
2713
2720
3600
5
Recruiter Team Lead
1700
2000
2250
5
PR Manager
1700
1770
2000
5
Business Development Director
3675
5100
12375
4
Head of Analytics
3300
3700
4200
4
General Manager
2700
3500
4500
4
Employer Brand Manager
950
1088
1256
4
Talent Sourcer/Researcher
638
650
755
4
PR Lead
3700
5000
6250
3
Head of Studio
3850
5000
5167
3
UI/UX Game Designer
1700
3000
3050
3
Head of Recruitment
2250
2500
3000
3
DevOps
1700
2200
2700
3
Звукорежиссер
1550
2200
2600
3
Head of Sales / Team Lead
1400
2000
3500
3
Programmer in analytics
1600
1700
1866
3
HR Team Lead
1560
1620
1810
3
Recruiter (без HR)
1200
1200
1490
3
Sales manager
775
1000
2750
3
Art-producer
2300
3200
4100
2
Influencer Marketing Manager
1625
1750
1875
2
Automatization QA
1200
1400
1600
2

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;
N - number of questionnaires.

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

SALARY REPORT 2021

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

SALARY REPORT 2020

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:

SALARY REPORT 2019

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

SALARY REPORT 2018

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:

SALARY REPORT 2017