{"id":5766,"date":"2010-04-14T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"ever-wondered-how-much-game-developers-earn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/5766-ever-wondered-how-much-game-developers-earn","title":{"rendered":"Ever wondered how much game developers earn?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all aspiring video game industry employees, <a href=\"http:\/\/gamedeveloperresearch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamedeveloperresearch.com <\/a>has released its findings for its most recent video game industry salary survey.<\/p>\n<p>The full survey is <a href=\"http:\/\/gamedeveloperresearch.com\/2010-salary-survey.htm\" target=\"_blank\">110 pages long<\/a>, and includes detailed information regarding salary packages, benefits and bonuses, and even compares salaries between Europe, USA and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is a massive report, it contains some very interesting data, especially for those considering a possible career in video game production. Of course the survey only takes into account international trends, although many South Africans are known to be working abroad with AAA developers.<\/p>\n<p>A whopping 4,050 respondents filled out the questionnaires, although some did not provide enough info to be included in the final survey results. Salaries below $10,000 were also excluded from the findings.<\/p>\n<p>The average salary in the US for people working in the video game industry is $75,573 (R552,000) per year. This does not mean that you should expect to earn that much, as the average takes various positions and levels of experience into account. Also, although I have included the direct Rand conversion, it is important not to compare this figure to local salaries, as salaries, as well as living expenses are substantially higher in the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average annual salaries for different positions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Executives: $ 129,167 (R950,00)<\/p>\n<p>Marketing and PR: $83,804 (R611,500)<\/p>\n<p>Programming: $80,320 (R586,000)<\/p>\n<p>Production: $75,082 (R548, 000)<\/p>\n<p>Art &amp; Animation: $71,071 (R519,000)<\/p>\n<p>Game Design (includes writers): $69,266 (R505, 500)<\/p>\n<p>Writers alone: $61,786 (R451, 000)<\/p>\n<p>Quality Assurance: $37,905 (R276, 500) although this average is brought down by inexperienced testers. For QA professionals who stick around for more than 6 years this figure more than doubles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/4911-How-get-into-game-development.html\" target=\"_self\">How to get into game development<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/5318-Reality-check-being-game-tester-sucks.html\" target=\"_self\">Reality check: Being a games tester sucks <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php?5380-Video-Game-Industry-Salary-Survery&amp;p=205791#post205791\" target=\"_self\">Discuss game industry surveys<\/a> in the forums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry survey reveals average game developer salaries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}