Game level designers are one of the happiest careers in the United States.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, game level designers rate their career happiness 4.3 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 2% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy game level designers are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Video game creative director | 4.5 | $90k |
| Game level designer | 4.3 | $90k |
| Game designer | 4.2 | $90k |
| Video game producer | 4.1 | $90k |
| Game artist | 3.9 | $90k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are game level designers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do game level designers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as game level designers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are game level designer’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are game level designers making the best use of their abilities?
Are game level designers happy with their salary?
Game level designers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.6/5. The majority of game level designers are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked game level designers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
12 game level designers
42% of game level designers rated their compensation 5 stars
17% of game level designers rated their compensation 4 stars
17% of game level designers rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of game level designers rated their compensation 2 stars
Do game level designers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, game level designers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.9/5. Unlike many careers, game level designers have little difficulty finding meaning in their work, and it likely constitutes one of the main reasons people become game level designers.
We asked game level designers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.9 out of 5 stars
14 game level designers
50% of game level designers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
21% of game level designers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
14% of game level designers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
7% of game level designers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
7% of game level designers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as game level designers?
Game level designers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.2/5. The majority of game level designers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked game level designers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.2 out of 5 stars
14 game level designers
50% of game level designers rated their career fit 5 stars
21% of game level designers rated their career fit 4 stars
21% of game level designers rated their career fit 3 stars
7% of game level designers rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a game level designer’s work environment?
As a whole, game level designers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 4.1/5. A solid majority of game level designers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a game level designer.
We asked game level designers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
4.1 out of 5 stars
14 game level designers
50% of game level designers rated their work environment 5 stars
14% of game level designers rated their work environment 4 stars
29% of game level designers rated their work environment 3 stars
7% of game level designers rated their work environment 2 stars
Are game level designers making the best use of their abilities?
Former game level designers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 4.0/5. Most game level designers surveyed find that they manage to use their abilities to their fullest as a game level designer, which helps contribute to higher career satisfaction in the long term.
We asked game level designers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
4.0 out of 5 stars
14 game level designers
50% of game level designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
29% of game level designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
7% of game level designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
7% of game level designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
7% of game level designers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars