Game analyst Serkan Toto (Serkan Toto) told how much gaming specialists are paid on average in Japan. Game producers turned out to be the most earning.
Important: Toto used data from the CESA Association for 2018. As the analyst notes, since then the salary has increased slightly.
The average annual salary is:
▪️producers — ¥6.8 million ($45.7 thousand);
▪️game directors — ¥6.2 million ($41.6 thousand);
▪️programmers — ¥5.7 million ($38.2 thousand);
▪️artists — ¥5.6 million ($37.6 thousand);
▪️designers — ¥5.5 million ($37 thousand);
▪️testers — ¥4.6 million ($30.1 thousand).