--- title: "Jobs for Gamers" description: "Careers that make games and the work around them: designers, programmers, artists, sound designers, testers, producers and esports roles. Careers centred…" canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/jobs-for-gamers" last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z" --- # Jobs for Gamers Careers that make games and the work around them: designers, programmers, artists, sound designers, testers, producers and esports roles. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages. 30 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry". | # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Game Economy Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-economy-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 2 | [Game Systems Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-systems-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 3 | [Level Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/level-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 4 | [Video Game Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/video-game-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's | | 5 | [Game Producer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-producer) | $102,320 | +6.7% | Bachelor's | | 6 | [Character Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/character-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 7 | [Cinematic Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cinematic-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 8 | [Game Audio Programmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-audio-programmer) | $100,390 | -7.3% | Bachelor's | | 9 | [Games User Researcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/games-user-researcher) | $78,760 | +7.0% | Bachelor's | | 10 | [Narrative Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/narrative-designer) | $76,910 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 11 | [Game Audio Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-audio-designer) | $73,130 | -3.1% | Certificate | | 12 | [Game Audio Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-audio-director) | $73,130 | -3.1% | Certificate | | 13 | [Game UI Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-ui-artist) | $62,960 | -1.7% | Bachelor's | | 14 | [Game Localization Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-localization-specialist) | $60,170 | +2.0% | Bachelor's | | 15 | [Esports Caster](https://nuecareer.com/careers/esports-caster) | $47,340 | -7.6% | Bachelor's | | 16 | [Esports Coach](https://nuecareer.com/careers/esports-coach) | $47,320 | +6.1% | Bachelor's | | 17 | [Chip Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chip-architect) | $161,740 | +9.1% | Bachelor's | | 18 | [GPU Kernel Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gpu-kernel-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 19 | [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 20 | [QA Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/qa-analyst) | $104,300 | +5.7% | Bachelor's | | 21 | [Concept Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/concept-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 22 | [Rigging Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/rigging-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 23 | [Special Effects Artist and Animator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-effects-artist-and-animator) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 24 | [Technical Artist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/technical-artist) | $102,030 | -0.3% | Bachelor's | | 25 | [Game Engine Programmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-engine-programmer) | $100,390 | -7.3% | Bachelor's | | 26 | [XR Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/xr-developer) | $100,390 | -7.3% | Bachelor's | | 27 | [Online Community Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/online-community-manager) | $74,750 | +1.8% | Bachelor's | | 28 | [Video Game Composer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/video-game-composer) | $73,710 | +1.2% | Bachelor's | | 29 | [Trading Card Grader](https://nuecareer.com/careers/trading-card-grader) | $48,570 | +2.5% | High school | | 30 | [Voice Actor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/voice-actor) | $47,340 | -7.6% | Bachelor's | Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}. --- This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology JSON representation of this page: https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/collections/jobs-for-gamers