The Gamasutra Salary Survey: What Happened to It?

That feature is sadly gone. Your Google skills have not failed you.

Ah, that's a pity. Do we know why it ceased, by any chance?

You would have to ask the people who used to run Game Developer magazine (which later changed its name to GDMag, then stopped printing paper magazines, then went online and now is not in existence) why they went out of business. If you can find them.

Ah, fair enough!

Well, thank you then for your answers! ^_^

Thaumaturge said:

From what I've found, it seems that the most recent Gamasutra salary survey was released in 2014. (Here linked.) Why has there (seemingly) not been another since then?

Were there problems with producing it? Was it made obsolete by websites like Glassdoor? Something else entirely?

… Or am I just not finding the more-recent editions? (This is entirely possible, as my search-skills have never been the best, I fear. ^^; )

hey man, Where can I reach you? I want to ask you a question that I'm curious about. The game is about the designer business.

@ertas73 Greetings!

You can leave me a message via PM here, if you like.

ertas73 said:
I want to ask you a question that I'm curious about. The game is about the designer business.

I assume you mean you have a question about “the designer business.” Why don't you post your question our Games Career Development forum? https://gamedev.net/forums/forum/21-games-career-development

That is a good point: a broader base of potential respondents may be more likely to provide more-useful information than just one person, I imagine.

Is there another way to learn more about salaries in game development? I wanna become a game dev and need to know if it’s still a profitable field.After reading a few articles from wealthyliving.com, I felt motivated to work harder and have more than what I currently “enjoy” with my salary. I don’t want to be super rich, but I still want to have at least something better than the bare minimum. It’s not about wealth - it’s about having a stable high salary I can count on. Is it really possible to become rich as a regular game dev?

Now suppose the best pay is doing X, and you don't like doing X at all. You're going to work doing X for 40 years? In my view a higher pay doesn't compensate doing work you hate for that long.

On the other hand, if you do work that you really like, it's relatively easy to keep it up for 40 years. Also, as it has your interest, you may become really good at it, which could lead to higher pay as well eventually.

Galammys said:
Is there another way to learn more about salaries … which domain is the most profitable one

I assume by “domain” you mean “specialty.” Google is your friend. Try Googling “video game programmer salaries” - try Googling “video game artist salaries” - try “video game producer salaries,” etc. The old salary surveys are unlikely to come back anytime soon. By Googling, you'll find that answers can be found on salary.com, payscale.com, glassdoor, ziprecruiter… The numbers will all be different, apples vs. oranges, and you'll have to extrapolate and realize that the salaries you'll find online apply to different levels of experience and different regions. Just figure that as a beginner you'll always be at the lower end of the scale.

But Alberth is right. You'd be a fool to choose a career based on salary ranges alone. Your skills and your interests are much more important criteria for choosing a career.

Tom Sloper said:
apples vs. oranges,

Woh! there is an alternative to Apple?

Anywyas

Some guy on linkedin sent me this Salary survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/andydss23​

IDK who Andy Demetriou is, but apparently he is in this space, and may have taken over this function?

GeneralJist said:
Some guy on linkedin sent me this Salary survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/andydss23

If you take the survey, maybe you can share some of the salary results (if they're available). I'd be curious to see how many industry people took part in his survey.

Tom Sloper said:

GeneralJist said:
Some guy on linkedin sent me this Salary survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/andydss23

If you take the survey, maybe you can share some of the salary results (if they're available). I'd be curious to see how many industry people took part in his survey.

So you want me to be your Guinea pig ?

Aye Aye Tom 07

GeneralJist said:
IDK who Andy Demetriou is

Look on LinkedIn. He's a game industry recruiter in Brighton.

GeneralJist said:
So you want me to be your Guinea pig ?

What I'm saying is, if you go to the site you find that the results are not shown until you take the survey and request the results. And I don't feel like taking the survey. You're the one who decided to post the link here, so…

LOL

So apparently the results won't be available until early 2023 they say.

But it's put on by:

https://www.skillsearch.com/​

Just finished,

Beyond demographics, most of the survey is about preferred working conditions, and asking for personal priorities.

I posted this here as an effort to help the OP, and the community at large.

I am in no way promoting or endorsing this survey.

PS.

There also is a very personal question on if the individual has a mental health condition, or is considered “neurodivergent"

I'll share the results when i get them.

GeneralJist said:
it's put on by: https://www.skillsearch.com/​

…most of the survey is about preferred working conditions, and asking for personal priorities….

There also is a very personal question on if the individual has a mental health condition, or is considered “neurodivergent

And, hopefully, a salary question. The Gamasutra survey was put together from the POV of, and for the benefit of, industry workers. This one sounds like it's from the POV of, and for the benefit of, recruiters.

oh Snort

Sorry, ya we self report our annual salaries.

Made me sad a bit, since I'm a slave to my own business.