Estonian Game Industry Salary Survey 2023

The main purpose of this survey is to examine the salary levels of the game industry in Estonia, and at the same time to understand better the talent pool available in the country. This information is critical to help to support and develop the industry. At the same time, the results of this survey may help studios in the country to better understand their position in the job market. The survey is anonymous.

The results will be published in May. The results of this survey will be presented to the governmental entities.

ESTONIAN GAME INDUSTRY SALARY SURVEY 2023

Information about you

We want to make a comprehensive overview of the average salaries for game developers across a range of known specialisations, gender and experience levels.

Your Age:^*

Younger than 18

18 - 22

23 - 26

27 - 30

31 - 35

36 - 40

41 - 45

Older than 45

Your Education:^*

Doctoral Degree

Masters Degree

Bachelors Degree

Vocational School

High School

Other Training

Your Current Employment Type:^*

Permanent, full-time position

Temporary, full-time position

Part-time position

Freelance

Internship or trainee program

Unemployed

On a leave

Retired

Your Gender: (not mandatory)

Male

Female

Other:

Your location: (City, Country)

Your Profession:^*

3D art

2D art

Animation

Sound production

Video production

VFX

Technical art

Game Design

Marketing

Copywriting

User Acquisition

Analytics

Project management

Product management

Community management

Frontend development

Backend development

DevOps

System administration

Accounting

Administration

Operations

Other:

Your position level:^*

Trainee

Junior

Middle

Senior

Lead

Head

Director

Owner

Other:

Years of Experience in Your Profession:^*

Less than 1 year

1 year

2 years

3-5 years

5-7 years

7-10 years

More than 10 years

Your gross salary: (Per Month)^*

Do you have additional incentive bonus?

Yes, occasionally

Yes, every 6 months

Yes, every year

Do you receive other non-monetary benefits?

Medical services

Training and corporate courses (professional)

Language courses

Industry conferences and meet-ups

Extra free days

Lunch vouchers / company-paid lunch at the office

Sport compensation / company-paid sport activities

Fruit/snacks/food bar at the office

Working equipment (PC, laptop, phone, desk, chair, etc) for remote work

Other:

Information about your workplace

Basic information about the scale of the company.

Your Current Work Model: (in office - hybrid - fully remote)^*

Choose

I'm working in the office every workday

I'm working in the office every workday with flexible schedule

I'm working mostly remotely

I'm working remotely every workday

Your Current Employer: (not mandatory)

Your Current Employer's Number of Staff:^*

I am alone

Under 5 employees

6 - 10 employees

11 - 20 employees

21 - 30 employees

31 - 50 employees

51 - 100 employees

More than 100 employees

Your current employer's line of business:^*

Full-cycle game development (PC/console games)

Full-cycle game development (mobile games)

Full-cycle game development (NFT games)

Game publisher

Service provider - games co-development

Service provider - outsource games production

Service provider - UE and marketing for games

Other:

Location of your current employer:^*

Tallinn, Estonia

Tartu, Estonia

Pärnu, Estonia

Finland

Germany

U.S.A

Other:

Additional Questions

More information about you and your health.

Have you done an internship or trainee program in the game industry?^*

Yes, and I got paid for it

Yes, it was unpaid

Do you feel stressed at work?

feel stressed hardly ever

feel it occasionally

feel stressed and overloaded continuosly

What about crunching and overtime?

Not about me

Can be rarely

Sometimes needed

Almost all the time

Part of my life, hustle day and night

What do you think about your Workload?

Workload is Suitable

Occasionally too Large

Constantly too Large

Do you want to stay in your company, or go further?

I want to continue working at my current job

I have considered switching to another game company

I will switch when opportunity will come

I have considered to quitting working in the game industry

Other:

Community

Lets talk about our community in Estonia

What do you feel about local GameDev community?

Very open and friendly

Pretty Open

Neutral

Can be a bit Toxic

Cold as an Iceberg

Other:

Do you get Support from local community?

Yes, a lot

Had some help few Times

Other:

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