Game industry salary guide
What studios are offering right now, from 59 open director roles that publish a yearly pay range in US dollars. Updated Oct 9 from the studios' own job boards.
Discipline$100K$500KTypical rangeListings
- Engineering$399K – $458K8
- Product$255K – $410K9
- Business$192K – $271K28
- Production$140K – $253K5
Typical range = the middle of the published minimums to the middle of the published maximums. Bars run from $100K to $500K. Left out until at least 5 listings show pay: QA, Design, Art, Animation, Audio.
Highest-paying discipline (director)
Engineering · $399K – $458K
Most pay-transparent studio
Roblox · 231 of 264 list pay
Share of all open roles that list pay
24%
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