Croner Software Games Survey, North America

North America (US & Canada)Edition: 2025$$$

Annual compensation benchmarks for the software games industry in North America. Data covers 527 positions at 51 U.S. companies and 167 positions at 30 Canadian companies.

Separate U.S. and Canadian cuts reported in the same survey.

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Survey cycle

Annual

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1Participation opens
Varies by survey
When employers can submit data
2Effective date
April 1 (most surveys)
Data is reported “as of” this date
3Results published
Varies by survey
When subscribers receive the dataset

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Job families covered

3D Art 3D Environment Art AI / Machine Learning Engineering Account Management Accounting Administration Advertising Operations Advertising Sales Animation Art Art Outsourcing Management Artist Management Audio Engineering Brand Marketing Business Competitive Research Business Development Business Intelligence Engineering Channel Marketing Combat Design Community Community Architecture Composing Concept Art Consumer Insights / Analytics Content Design Contracts Administration Creative Services Creative Services – Graphics / Marketing Multimedia Creative Services – Project Management Creative Services – Writing Customer Relations Marketing Customer Support Data Analytics Data Engineering Data Science Database Engineering Design Management DevOps Engineering Dialogue Digital Assets Management Digital Marketing Distribution and Partnerships Effects Art Engine Software Engineering Engineering Management Esports Esports Events / Productions Esports League Operations Field Sales – National Field Sales – Regional Finance Finance – Royalty Accounting Game Design Game Directing Gameplay Analytics Gameplay Engineering Graphics / Rendering Engineering Human Resources In-Game Support Incentive Game Design Influencer Marketing Information Technology Intellectual Property / Patent Legal Services / Counsel Internal Communications Learning and Development Legal Services / Counsel Level Layout Design Licensing Lighting Line of Business Management Live Ops Producing Localization Market Research Marketing Mastering Lab Mathematics Merchandising Mission / Quest Design Monetization Narrative Design Operational Strategy and Planning Operations Operations Generalist Outsourcing Administration Performance Marketing Platform Engineering Producing Product Development – Creative Product Management Product Marketing Production Management Programmatic Sales Project Management Public Relations Publishing Producing Quality Assurance Quality Assurance Analysis Quality Assurance Engineering Quality Assurance Testing Recruiting Recruiting Operations Recruitment Sourcing Release Engineering Release Management Sales Administration Sales Analysis Sales Management Sales Marketing Security Engineering Senior Management Server Engineering Site Reliability Engineering Social Responsibility (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)Software Engineering Sound / Audio Strategy and Corporate Development Studio Management Systems Design Technical Animation / Rigging Technical Art Technical Game Design Technical Product Management Technical Project Management Technical Recruiting Technical Sound / Audio Design Technical Writing Technology and Infrastructure Tools Software Engineering Trade Show / Events Translation Trust and Safety User Acquisition / Retention User Experience / Usability Research User Experience Design User Interface / User Experience Art User Interface Engineering Video Editing Website Website Development Writing / Story

Positions in this report (986)

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