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What game programmers make
Median for the group
$135,980
Bottom tenth
$82,460
Top tenth
$214,670
The national median is $135,980 a year, the bottom tenth earn $82,460 or less and the top tenth $214,670 or more. That is the 2025 federal figure for all software developers, not games specifically: there is no official figure for games alone.