According to a survey conducted by Gamesutra in May 2014, it is revealed that the average salary for U.S. based game developers suffered a 2% decrease from 2012 to 2013.
The average game developer in the U.S. earned just over $83,000 USD in 2013, while Canadian and European based developers averaged a salary of $71,000 USD (up 9 percent from 2012) and $46,000 USD (no change) respectively.
However, those who is in the managerial and business positions earned an average of over $100,000 USD in 2013- the highest of any jobs. Audio personnel followed closely behind at a decent average salary of $90,000 USD.
Solo indie developers experienced a 49 percent drop in salary, while the average salary for developers belonging to indie teams shot up a staggering 161 percent.
This is well proved by the recent successes of games like LittleBigPlanet and No Man's Sky. Anyone who wants to dig deeper can check Gamesutra here.
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