Game industry salary guide
What studios are offering right now, from 80 open principal roles that publish a yearly pay range in US dollars. Updated Oct 9 from the studios' own job boards.
Discipline$100K$350KTypical rangeListings
- Engineering$295K – $345K60
- Business$173K – $261K7
- Design$148K – $222K5
Typical range = the middle of the published minimums to the middle of the published maximums. Bars run from $100K to $350K. Left out until at least 5 listings show pay: QA, Product, Production, Art, Animation, Audio.
Highest-paying discipline (principal)
Engineering · $295K – $345K
Most pay-transparent studio
Roblox · 231 of 264 list pay
Share of all open roles that list pay
24%
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