Everyone wants to know the salaries in the market.
Companies need this information to determine adequate salary ranges for new positions and to review the salaries of current employees: it is crucial to remain competitive and not lose excellent employees because salaries or compensation and bonus systems are outdated and insufficient.
Job seekers want to know their market value and “guess” what salary ranges potential employers will offer. Employed professionals want to know if their colleagues in the same profession are earning significantly more in other companies and whether they should initiate salary increase negotiations.
While companies often have the opportunity to order paid market and salary research, specialists and job seekers are forced to rely on open sources and information from their networks.
In this material, we have compiled a list of sources that specialists in the games industry can rely on when conducting their labor market research.
We hope you find this helpful!
Where to check salary data in the games industry
- Glassdoor. Here employees can anonymously post reviews of their companies, including salary information.
- Indeed. A job search website that posts job openings from all over the world.
- InGame Job. A game development-focused job portal compiles salary expectation data from candidates registered on the website.
- Values Value. The Salary Report from a recruitment expert in games.
- Skillsearch. A recruitment agency across technology, games and interactive skillsets. Their reports from different years: 2023 – 2022 – 2021
- Global GameDev Salaries. Anonymous surveys from 2021 – 2020
- Game Dev Salary Check. Another open survey – Sheet – Form
- Cendex GameIndustry.biz – Salary Survey Summary Report
- IGDA – Salary Survey (requires free membership)
- Pingle Studios – Average Salary Market Research
- 8bit – 2023 Engineers Salary Report from the Polish recruitment agency
- Blizzard Salary Survey – Sheet
- The report on the state of the games industry and salaries in Czech Republic – 2020
- The reports on the state of the games industry and salaries in Finland – Salary Surveys
- The reports on the state of the games salaries in Germany – Innogames Salary Bands 2024 – 2022
- Anonymous salaries survey. Level Design, Europe – 2021-2022 Sheet – Submit Form
- Payscale – US Game Dev Salaries
- Dutch Games Industry Anonymous Survey – Sheet – Submit Form
- Sweden Game Dev Salary Survey – Sheet
- UK & Ireland Game Dev Salaries – Sheet 1 – Sheet 2 – Submit Form
- Ukrainian salaries in games – Salary Report 2022 by InGame Job and Values Value
- Frag You Pay Me – http://fragyoupayme.com
- Salary Benchmarking by GRS Recruitment 2023, Cyprus
- Cyprus Tech Salaries Survey by Palta, 2022
- To be continued.
Additional Tips
- Be specific. When looking for salary information, be as specific as possible about your job role, experience level, and location.
- Use multiple sources. Don’t rely on just one source of salary information. Use multiple sources to get a more complete picture.
- Remember: your value as a game professional is not limited to your salary. When looking for a job, also consider factors such as learning opportunities, interesting projects, company culture, and work-life balance.
Best of luck in your game industry job search!
