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What game programmers make
Typical
$135,980
Junior
$82,460
Senior or lead
$214,670
The national median is $135,980 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $82,460. That is the federal figure for all software developers, not games specifically. Games are the part of software that pays least for the same skill, because so many people want in, so read the whole range one notch lower for a studio job.