How Much Money can I Make in Games?

We have asked more than 100 companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the average gross salary data of their employees. Specifically, to gather finer data about the different vocations, we requested monthly salaries in six areas of development: Game Design, Programming, Art, Writing & Narrative Design, Communication and Producing & Product Management. Since seniority is an important factor in the salary options of a single person, we asked for differentiations in the salary data for junior, regular and senior employees in each vocation. All data was gathered anonymously, and participant from Switzerland were asked to transfer their salaries into euros on the current exchange rate of their participation day. The data mixes, necessarily due to the anonymity of the participants, big and small cor­porations and companies from all kinds of game industry backgrounds.

We have asked more than 100 companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the average gross salary data of their employees. Specifically, to gather finer data about the different vocations, we requested monthly salaries in six areas of development: Game Design, Programming, Art, Writing & Narrative Design, Communication and Producing & Product Management. Since seniority is an important factor in the salary options of a single person, we asked for differentiations in the salary data for junior, regular and senior employees in each vocation. All data was gathered anonymously, and participant from Switzerland were asked to transfer their salaries into euros on the current exchange rate of their participation day. The data mixes, necessarily due to the anonymity of the participants, big and small cor­porations and companies from all kinds of game industry backgrounds.