Game Programmer Salaries in the United States

How much does a Game Programmer make in the United States?

Game Programmers 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 Programmers work for Kuma at $71,000 annually while the lowest paid Game Programmers work for WayForward Technologies earning approximately $36,000 each year.

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$53K Gameloft's Average Game Programmer Salary (4 salaries)

+$2K (3%) more than national average Game Programmer salary ($51K)

+$8K (16%) more than average Gameloft salary ($45K)

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$67K Gameloft Game Programmer ·

+$14K (23%) more than average Gameloft Game Programmer salary ($53K)

"I feel underpaid considering the amount of work put in."

$61K Gameloft Game Programmer ·

+$8K (14%) more than average Gameloft Game Programmer salary ($53K)

$41K Gameloft Game Programmer ·

-$12K (25%) less than average Gameloft Game Programmer salary ($53K)

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$41K Say Design's Average Game Programmer Salary (2 salaries)

-$10K (21%) less than national average Game Programmer salary ($51K)

-$9K (19%) less than average Say Design salary ($50K)

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$42K Say Design Game Programmer in Irvine, CA ·

+$1K (2%) more than average Say Design Game Programmer salary ($41K)

"I've been underpaid for over 4 years, plus, no benefits, no promotion opportunity, and need to request for my paycheck every month."

$40K Say Design Game Programmer ·

-$1K (2%) less than average Say Design Game Programmer salary ($41K)

$100K Arktos Entertainment Group's Average Game Programmer Salary (1 salaries)

+$49K (64%) more than national average Game Programmer salary ($51K)

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$100K Arktos Entertainment Group Game Programmer in Los Angeles, CA ·

Equal to average Arktos Entertainment Group Game Programmer salary ($100K)

"The pay is fair. One of the surprising things for me when I interviewed was finding out that they put all their employees on 1099 contracts. This wasn't something I was used to, but it was a fairly easy adjustment, once I spent the time to figure out what the tax implications should be."

$75K Jagex's Average Game Programmer Salary (1 salaries)

+$24K (38%) more than national average Game Programmer salary ($51K)

-$38K (40%) less than average Jagex salary ($113K)

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$75K Jagex Game Programmer in Carlsbad, CA ·

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"When I first started I feel my salary was ok, but as I grew and gained knowledge it did not grow with me. I am more experienced developer now and would have expected my salary to move and show that."

$70K Spacetime Games' Average Game Programmer Salary (1 salaries)

+$19K (31%) more than national average Game Programmer salary ($51K)

+$17K (27%) more than average Spacetime Games salary ($53K)

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$70K Spacetime Games Game Programmer in Austin, TX ·

Equal to average Spacetime Games Game Programmer salary ($70K)

"It was a great salary for my level of experience in the industry. Given years as a general software developer, it was on the low side, but it was a generous salary for someone learning the field of game development."