Video Game Tester Salary Guide
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Video Game Tester Salary
Video Game Tester Salary is the lowest income received by the people working in the world of game development. Video Game Tester Salary is smaller than the Video Game Designer salary or Programmer salary.
In one year, the average Video Game Tester Salary can reach $ 38,000, while Video Game Designer salary can exceed the amount of $ 68,000. But in my opinion, the Video Game Tester Salary is pretty good considering as a Video Game Tester you don’t need a certificate or degree as required for a Video Game Designer.
For a novice Video Game Tester, starting Video Game Tester Salary may begin as low as $ 15,000, while for those who are professional, the Video Game Tester Salary can reach $ 55,000 per year or even more. For a Video Game Tester with 3 years experience, the Video Game Tester Salary can reach $ 32,000, while for 6 years experience the amount is $ 50,000.
Video Game Tester Salary – Hourly Counting
Video Game Tester Salary is usually calculated hourly since Video Game Tester works on a job by job basis and not on a contractual salary. For this, the average Video Game Tester Salary has the range between $ 8-50 per hour. This amount will depend on experience, as well as where you work as a Video Game Tester.
For a freelancer, the Video Game Tester Salary will depend on how long you can play games while remaining focused and always pay attention to details of the games you test. Let’s take a simple example. Say you are able to play the game for 6 hours a day and will be paid for $ 20 per hour then the total Video Game Tester Salary you will receive as follow:
6 hours a day = 42 hours a week = $ 840 a week = $ 3.360 a month = $ 40.320 a year!
Not a bad Video Game Tester Salary right?
But keep in mind that the number of Video Game Tester Salary above is assumed that you are constantly getting a job as a Video Game Tester throughout the year. In fact, most of the Video Game Tester works on a job basis. Therefore, for a beginner Video Game Tester, the key to get great Video Game Tester Salary are the professionalism and persistence.
You must do superb work if you want to have a stable Video Game Tester Salary such as finish the game quickly, create detailed reports of the game mistakes, and give technical analysis of game play from the programmer and player perspective. The more top notch quality work you have the more reputation as a Video Game Tester you get. It means more jobs are waiting for you and certainly more and more Video Game Tester Salary you will receive.
Happy gaming and testing.
