Game Developer Salaries in the United States
How much does a Game Developer make in the United States?
Game Developers earn $51,000 annually on average, or $25 per hour, which is 26% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Game Developers work for Trilogy Studios at $85,000 annually while the lowest paid Game Developers work for Gameloft earning approximately $23,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$23K Gameloft's Average Game Developer Salary (3 salaries)
-$28K (75%) less than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
-$22K (64%) less than average Gameloft salary ($45K)
+$2K (8%) more than average Gameloft Game Developer salary ($23K)
"The pay at Gameloft is decent for the beginning, but when you get more responsibilities and/or more difficult project. The compensation is unfair."
-$3K (13%) less than average Gameloft Game Developer salary ($23K)
"I'll say that the salary is perfect, for somebody without any experience.But when the experience is enough to manage more difficult projects, wage does not increase too."
+$1K (4%) more than average Gameloft Game Developer salary ($23K)
"The pay at Gameloft is really good for newbies. But when one is getting more experience and responsibilities, the wage does not increase so much."
$84K Fifth Dimension's Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
+$33K (48%) more than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
+$27K (38%) more than average Fifth Dimension salary ($57K)
Equal to average Fifth Dimension Game Developer salary ($84K)
"Average according to my current location, Cairo Egypt. It's average and I don't mind but I really like to be with a proper one."
$60K Booz Allen Hamilton's Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
+$9K (16%) more than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
-$29K (38%) less than average Booz Allen Hamilton salary ($89K)
Equal to average Booz Allen Hamilton Game Developer salary ($60K)
"Compensation was decent, but not for the effort and benefits keep getting taken away even though we keep growing and getting more projects than we can balance. Crazy..."
$52K Foxysunstudio LLC's Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
Equal to average Foxysunstudio LLC salary ($52K)
Equal to average Foxysunstudio LLC Game Developer salary ($52K)
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$31K Pennsylvania Game Studio's Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
-$20K (48%) less than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
Equal to average Pennsylvania Game Studio salary ($31K)
Equal to average Pennsylvania Game Studio Game Developer salary ($31K)
"Underpaid, but it is a small studio and really just a place for students to get a little real work experience."
$30K Vostu's Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
-$21K (51%) less than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
-$51K (91%) less than average Vostu salary ($81K)
$30K
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Equal to average Vostu Game Developer salary ($30K)
"I feel it was a good salary for my country in that moment."
$30K PolyMoney's Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
-$21K (51%) less than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
Equal to average PolyMoney salary ($30K)
Equal to average PolyMoney Game Developer salary ($30K)
"Less that average for a starting position, however the position is flexible."
$29K Toolwire's Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
-$22K (55%) less than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
Equal to average Toolwire salary ($29K)
Equal to average Toolwire Game Developer salary ($29K)
"No comment to give about the salary I receive, yet the pay is fair in my opinion."
$24K Happy Games Studio's Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
-$27K (72%) less than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
Equal to average Happy Games Studio salary ($24K)
Equal to average Happy Games Studio Game Developer salary ($24K)
"I started as Flash/AS3 developer on $6000/year. After this I worked in BroccoliGames with Flash and Unity with $12000/year. Now I work with Unity only and I have $24000/year."
$20K Victory Point Games' Average Game Developer Salary (1 salaries)
-$31K (87%) less than national average Game Developer salary ($51K)
-$5K (22%) less than average Victory Point Games salary ($25K)
Equal to average Victory Point Games Game Developer salary ($20K)
"I'm not really aware of how well others who do what I do for this job are paid."
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