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.

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$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)

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$25K Gameloft Game Developer in Mexico, MO ·

+$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."

$20K Gameloft Game Developer in Mexico, ME ·

-$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."

$24K Gameloft Game Developer in Mexico, MO ·

+$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)

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$84K Fifth Dimension Game Developer in Cairo, GA ·

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"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)

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$60K Booz Allen Hamilton Game Developer in San Antonio, TX ·

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"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)

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$52K Foxysunstudio LLC Game Developer in Bryan, TX ·

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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)

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$31K Pennsylvania Game Studio Game Developer in Philadelphia, PA ·

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"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)

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$30K Vostu Game Developer ·

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"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)

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$30K PolyMoney Game Developer in New York City, NY ·

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"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)

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$29K Toolwire Game Developer in Pleasanton, CA ·

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"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)

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$24K Happy Games Studio Game Developer in Bellarthur, NC ·

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."