Video Game Programmers / Producers Earn $70,000+ Per Year In Canada (Average)

From NextGen Player:

"According to the Game Developer magazine research cited in the article, the "average programmer or game producer in Canada now makes more than $70,000 US". While high, Canadian employers still pay lower salaries than their US counterparts.

Figures are also given for artists, animators and game designers - they each take home approximately $58,000 on average. Audio techs rake in $57,000 a year, and those poor QA workers make the lowest at $37,000 US."

[n4gzz]

that's low. I thought, they would way more than that.

[NaAsAr]

i am a field service technician for Ricoh Corporation and i make about as much as the audio techs. with overtime of course ;)

[highdro]

@n4gzz same here, i was thinking the would be earning in the 100 of thousands if not millions since games sell bring in millions by the end of the year, ... o well they still get paid more than me =(

[Bnet343]

Arod makes like 30 million a year ....

[highdro]

whos arod...im sure the only reason y he earns that is because he probly owns a game company.

[xblade50]

arod is a baseball player

[OOG]

BAHAHHAHAHAHAHA LMAO how could you not know who A ROD is lol thinking he owns a game studio bahahahaha lol...... Hes just one of the highest profile sports players in the world and also on of the highest paid...

[kewlkat007]

most games are going multi-platform.

With the high cost of development and salaries...and bonuses owed..lol

[BoneMagnus]

The programmers for Ubisoft and the other big companies are likely much higher - probably pushing six figures. But these guys and gals are the "rock stars" of programming.

[JoelR]

Sorry no, that simply is not true... they don't push the boundary with pay at all.
If you want money as a developer - go into working for the non-game industry - if you want interesting work you go into games. Code developers in banks make much more then games developers.

[King2008]

"Who's Arod im sure the only reason y he earns that is because he probly owns a game company." I'm a gamer in every sense of the word but Arod is a very high profile athlete...its okay to bring your head up from the game and watch a little ESPN. Sportscenter, PTI, Around the Horn, 1st & 10, something. LMAO sorry that was just to funny to ignore.

[tommyboy]

I like how nobody outside of America cares about baseball. Theres a pretty big football tournament going on at the moment so maybe he's watching that.

[JoelR]

Hmm I could care less about ARod.

I watch 2 sports (and play 3)
watch:
Volleyball and True Football (FIFA)
Play:
Football(FIFA), Rugby, and the third you don't really play but: 1000m freestyle swimming.

[QQcrybaby]

$70K won't buy you a pot to pee in here in California.

[jtucker78]

That's what you get for working in an industry that everyone wants to work in. Your prize is working in Video Games.

$70,000 is only £35,000 here in the UK. You can make that easily as a software tester. (As long as you don't want to do the job in Video Games)

[G1TR4P3D]

im gonna be rich starting next year. awesome.

[Guitarded]

I contribute as little as possible to any and all entertainment industries, including movies,TV,sports,music. I figure anyone who makes more than me,to entertain, doesn't need my money. I go as far as not supporting companies that advertise in these industries whenever possible. I will continue to do so until the people that really matter like teachers, police, firemen, make more than celebrities, so probably till I die.

[OOG]

And yet you will make no difference in the world and makes me wonder why your on an Entertainment site....wouldn't supporting games etc be against your beliefs?

[Le-mo]

A-rod one of the highest profile sports player in the world? You meant in the U.S. right? In the world, famous Soccer or should I say football players are one of the highest profile sports player in the world. For example, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Zidane, and Henry.

[JoelR]

Exactly...