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
2000
3000
5250
Sales Manager
1800
2750
8000
Community Manager / Moderator
1000
1775
2500
Account manager
1500
3000
6000
Support Specialist
925
1400
2000
Recruiter
1300
1900
3000
HR Manager
1000
2000
3000
Data Scientist / Analytics
1500
3000
5000
Game Designer
1000
2000
3000
Lead Game Designer
2500
3500
5000
Level Designer
1200
2000
3000
Narrative Designer / Script Writer
1000
1900
3000
2D Artist
1000
1500
2400
3D Artist
1000
1500
2200
UI/UX Designer
1500
2000
3200
Concept Artist
1000
1800
2500
Motion design
1500
2000
3000
Technical Artist
1500
2500
3500
2D Animator
1200
2000
2700
3D Animator
1100
2000
2500
Visual Effects Artist
1550
2500
3500
Art Director
2450
3500
5000
Sound Designer
1000
2000
3000
Localization Manager
1000
2000
3000
User Acquisition
2000
2600
5000
Digital Marketing Manager
2000
2350
3500
SMM manager
1000
2000
2300
Copywriter
1500
2000
3000
PR manager
1000
3150
4000
Marketing Analyst
1950
2750
4650
CMO
5000
5500
10000
Producer
2500
3500
5000
Product Manager
2500
3500
5000
Project Manager
1500
2500
3500
COO
5000
6750
8000
General Producer / General PM
3100
4500
6000
CTO
5000
8000
10000
Android Developer
1250
3600
4750
Java Developer
1100
3250
4750
JavaScript Developer
1675
2750
4000
Unreal Engine Developer
1500
2500
4000
C++ Developer
1500
2800
4000
Python Developer
900
1725
2500
Unity Developer
1300
2500
3800
Backend Developer
1500
3000
5000
Frontend Developer
1500
3000
4000
DevOps engineer
3000
5250
6667
Manual QA Engineer
1000
1500
2500
QA Automation Engineer
1000
2000
3000
QA Director
2750
3500
4100
Content Manager
1500
2000
2950
C# / .NET Developer
1250
2500
4600
Full Stack Developer
1500
3000
5000
Administrative
1000
1450
2500
HTML5/JS Developer
1500
3000
4500
Character Rigger/Animation Artist
1200
1800
2450
Icon/Graphic Designer
1250
2000
3000
Composer
1000
2000
3000
CEO
5500
7000
8000
Art Manager
2000
3000
4000
Game Publishing Manager
2500
3750
5500
Video Game Proofreader
1200
2000
3000
Game Translator
1000
1800
2500
Subtitle Translator
1000
2000
2500
Editor
1300
2000
2500
UX Researcher
1500
2200
5000
Head of Game Design
2500
4500
5500
Technical Designer
1350
1800
3000
Unreal Artist
1500
2200
3000
Art Lead
1800
2500
4000
BI Analyst
1500
3750
6000
Creative Manager
2250
3499
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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Ukrainian Games Industry Big Salary Report 2022. Read the results by clicking the button below:

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: