2008 Game Developer Salary Survey

[-HP-]

I got a Gamasutra newsletter today. Most of the time, I admit I ignore It's contents but this one catched my eye. It contains a link for a survey, 2008 Game Developer Salary Survey

Go ahead and do it as well, I'm very curious to see the final results: http://surveys.supersurvey.com/survey-b ... /s32276.pl

Dear Gamasutra.com Reader,

The editors of Game Developer magazine and Gamasutra.com invite you to complete the annual Game Developer Salary Survey. The information you provide will help inform the entire game development community.

The results of this survey will be published in the April 2009 issue of Game Developer magazine.

In appreciation of your time and effort, once you complete the survey, your name will be entered into a drawing to win a Main Conference Pass for your choice of the lineup of Game Developers Conference (GDC) events in 2009: GDC in San Francisco, GDC Canada, GDC Europe, GDC Austin, or GDC China. To access the contest rules, click here.

The survey takes approximately 5-7 minutes to complete. Access the survey, and register for the GDC Main Conference Pass drawing here.

This survey is anonymous, and none of the information presented will be associated with any individuals. Your input is critical to the credibility of this annual study, and we thank you for your participation and support.

Sincerely,

Brandon Sheffield and the Editorial Staff of

Game Developer magazine and Gamasutra.com

[Furyo]

Actually it was based on this survey that Ubi suddenly bumped designers and artists 15% a couple years back as they suddenly realized the pay was sub-par. So yes I encourage everyone to fill that one up, you never know what you may get...

[Steppenwolf]

Done. Always good to know what ones actual worth is in this industry. Certainly helpfull when it comes to negotiations.

[Warby]

done !

i never realized how under paid i was until the gamasutra surveys but finally thanks to ioi i am getting what the average leveldesigner my age gets

[kleinluka]

done as well.

[Grinwhrl]

good survey thanks!

If u guys didn't notice, level design or world builder is never acknowledged.

I know I'm moving into more avenues from this changing profession.

[kleinluka]

good survey thanks!

If u guys didn't notice, level design or world builder is never acknowledged.

I know I'm moving into more avenues from this changing profession.

i guess it would fall under "game designer"

[robert.briscoe]

The results are in: http://kotaku.com/5233490/so-how-much-d ... opers-make

As an artist I have to say I feel rather depressed now... Any artists here getting $69,532 a year?!

[2d-chris]

I really don't trust this at all lol, since when do artists get more than designers on average?

Neverthe less, if these are average wages to be expected at some point in a long career it's not all that bad.

[JohnC]

But different countries have different set wages, labor laws, and currency...

[Steppenwolf]

The survey is not very helpfull as long as its not broken up into different regions and countries.

The numbers are way too high to give any indication for average salaries in europe.

The average for QA in this for example is higher then the overall average income in sweden.

[Hourences]

Their real report prolly has in depth info, but you got to pay for that I think.

But yeah, these numbers are utterly useless.

[Furyo]

These can't be averages, unless only Californians answered the poll. And with their cost of living, shave off 20K to get a reasonable ballpark figure for the rest of the US and Canada.

[PhilipK]

europe avg artist: ~43k

europe avg design: ~40k

from what i extracted.

[Patrick_H]

Yeah I agree those averages are useless, besides learning that the worker bee masses made more this year than in years past. I hope the paid survey results break that down by country or region.