Video Gaming Industry Numbers by Region

VIDEO GAMING INDUSTRY NUMBERS BY REGION TOP SALARIES TOP STUDIOS TOP COLLEGES TOP SALARIES BY GEOGRAPHY PERCENT WHO OWN HOMES AVERAGE AVG SALARYOF STATE SALARY HOMEOWNERS 1 CALIFORNIA $93,696 32% $118,513 2 WASHINGTON $89,674 49% $108,479 3 NORTH CAROLINA $82,500 61% $93,382 4 TEXAS $79,017 49% $95,761 5 MASSACHUSETTS $78,567 44% $94,688 6 MARYLAND $75,521 44% $94,688 7 UTAH $74,722 70% $78,816 8 ILLINOIS $71,319 47% $84,167 9 NEW YORK $69,697 29% $85,395 10 FLORIDA $67,136 33% $90,000 BY REGION & DISCIPLINE JOB TITLE EAST MIDWEST SOUTH WEST PROGRAMMER $84,167 $73,397 $82,740 $101,387 ART & ANIMATION $64,235 $68,676 $71,818 $81,229 GAME DESIGN $69,575 $61,818 $52,616 $82,204 PRODUCTION $77,813 $87,045 $68,889 $90,395 AUDIO $60,625 $55,000 $68,333 $97,885 QA $47,500 $55,167 $39,643 $49,545 BUSINESS $97,870 $87,500 $83,750 $108,056 BY DISCIPLINE AND YEARS OF EXP. JOB TITLE <3 YEARS 3-6 YEARS >6 YEARS PROGRAMMERS $66,116 $84,124 $113,694 ARTISTS/ANIMATORS $49,481 $63,214 $97,833 GAME DESIGNERS $50,375 $62,104 $89,231 PRODUCERS $55,893 $103,080 $67,265 AUDIO PROFESSIONALS $32,500 $65,658 $108,690 QA TESTERS $37,500 $45,081 $61,029 TOP STUDIOS YEAR POPULAR STUDIO LOCATION FORMED GAMES 1 2D BOY 2006 World of G00 San Francisco, CA 2 SCE SANTA MONICA 1999 God of War Santa Monica, CA 3 BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT 1991 World of Warcraft Irvine, CA 4 BUNGIE SOFTWARE 1991 Halo Bellevue, WA 5 ONE MAN LEFT 2010 Tilt to Live Montgomery, AL 6 FIRAXIS GAMES 1996 Civilization Sparks, MD 7 ROCKETCAT GAMES 2009 Super Quickhook Washington State 8 NICALIS 2007 Cave Story Santa Ana, CA 9 CRESCENT MOON GAMES 2009 Gears Avila Beach, CA 10 TEAM MEAT 2008 Super Meat Boy Multiple Locations TOP COLLEGES UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE University of Southern California 1 LOS ANGELES, CA University of Southern California LOS ANGELES, CA Massachucetts Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE, MA ROCHESTER, NY 3 University of Utah Massachucetts Institute of Technology SALT LAKE CITY, UT CAMBRIDGE, MA 4 DigiPen Institute of Technology University of Central Florida REDMOND, WA ORLANDO, FL The Art Institute of Vancouver Southern Methodist University VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA PLANO, TX 6 Rochester Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University ROCHESTER, NY PITTSBURGH, PA 7 Shawnee State University Savannah College of Art & Design PORTSMOUTH, OH SAVANNAH, GA 8 Savannah College of Art and Design SAVANNAH, GA Digipen Institute of Technology REDMOND, WA 9 University of New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, NM University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA 10 Becker College WORCESTER, MA Drexel University PHILADELPHIA, PA Resources: Salaries and Stats BIG FIOH http://gamedeveloper.texterity.com/gamedeveloper/fall2012cg#pg38 Developer Ranking and Stats http://www.develop-online.net/features/1234/Develop-100-Index-of-all-content Graduate Stats http://www.princetonreview.com/top-graduate-schools-for-video-game-design.aspx Undergraduate Stats http://www.princetonreview.com/top-undergraduate-schools-for-video-game-design.aspx