The average salary for a video game designer in the United States is around $90,270 per year.

Does game design pay well?

How much do video game designers make? ... Video game designer salaries range from $50,000 (entry-level jobs) to $100,000+ per year (senior/lead designers). And some companies pay their game designers even more – a lot more.

Do game designers get paid weekly?

While ZipRecruiter is seeing weekly wages as high as $7,692 and as low as $981, the majority of Game Designer wages currently range between $1,471 (25th percentile) to $2,500 (75th percentile) across the United States.