Game designer earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level game designer earnings begin at:

$60.61 per hour

$126,070 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level game designer earnings begin at:

$51.29 per hour

$106,680 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level game designer earnings begin at:

$39.98 per hour

$83,160 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level game designer earnings begin at:

$28.01 per hour

$58,270 per year

10th percentile

Starting level game designer earnings begin at:

$20.10 per hour

$41,810 per year

Approximate values based on highest and lowest earning segments.

Game designer salary by state

State Name Average Salary
Colorado $99,840
Connecticut $99,730
New Jersey $99,500
California $98,010
Alaska $94,900
Hawaii $93,430
South Carolina $93,240
New York $90,430
Massachusetts $88,660
Texas $88,460
Alabama $87,980
Washington $87,760
Pennsylvania $87,040
Illinois $86,800
North Carolina $86,770
Nebraska $85,600
Georgia $85,280
Missouri $83,720
West Virginia $83,160
Ohio $82,640
Guam $81,940
Indiana $81,290
Arizona $80,790
South Dakota $80,720
Rhode Island $79,840
Kentucky $79,420
Mississippi $78,970
Oklahoma $78,630
Idaho $78,090
Maine $77,640
Minnesota $77,560
Oregon $77,540
New Mexico $76,890
Delaware $76,580
Kansas $76,510
Florida $76,500
Iowa $74,810
Arkansas $74,130
Michigan $73,650
Utah $73,370
Wyoming $73,050
Tennessee $72,100
Vermont $71,490
Nevada $71,210
Wisconsin $71,050
North Dakota $68,870
Montana $66,510
Louisiana $62,800
Puerto Rico $62,800
Virgin Islands, U.S. $43,130
District of Columbia $118,800
Maryland $116,360
New Hampshire $113,770
Virginia $104,840

How do game designer salaries compare to similar careers?

Game designers earn about the same as related careers in West Virginia. On average, they make less than electrical engineers.

Career Median Salary
Electrical engineer salary $89K
Distance learning coordinator salary $86K
Software engineer salary $77K
Intelligence analyst salary $98K
Information security analyst salary $82K
IT manager salary $83K
Systems engineer salary $83K
Geospatial information scientist salary $83K
Software quality assurance engineer salary $83K
Game designer salary $83K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)