Salaries Game Developer Magazine's 2002 Game Developer's Salary Survey Survey highlights include*: * The average game programmer salary is $66,000. * A technical director with 6 or more years experience earns an average of $104,000. * Game artists earn an average of $61,000. * A game designer with one year of experience earns an average of $52,000, with the highest salary reported at $300,000. * Game producers earn an average of $76,000. * Developer salaries are highest in California and Texas, where game development studios tend to cluster. * Women in the game industry fare better than women in other industries, earning 89 cents on the dollar, exceeding the national average of 76 cents. *Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.