Senior Game Designer Salary in New York, New York

How much does a Senior Game Designer make in New York, NY?

As of May 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Senior Game Designer in New York, NY is $97,801. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $80,819 to a high of $119,183, with most professionals earning between $88,912 and $108,993.

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Contribute as necessary to other game design tasks, including documentation, peer review, concept ideation, and feature testing and evaluation.

September 30, 2022

Understand the high level vision of the game and be able to translate the vision into gameplay systems designed that can be used by everyone to build all of the experiences in the game.

December 03, 2022

Designing all facets of the user interface from concept to completion including mockups, wireframes, flow charts, icons, and animation mockups.

March 11, 2023

Works as part of the Design Group, and takes responsibility for large features, systems, and content.

March 24, 2023

Drive the day-to-day creative process and empower everyone to contribute to it.

April 11, 2023

Create and maintain detailed user-interface specifications, design patterns, libraries and design systems.

May 07, 2023

Collaborate with the product management team to translate and develop high quality written product and software requirements for user-facing features.

May 08, 2023

Build levels in 3D using design systems and incorporating game play demands into the design.

May 16, 2023

Communicate progress with the Directors well and frequently.

May 18, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Senior Game Designer in New York, NY

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108993

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100777

What is the average salary for Senior Game Designer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Senior Game Designer in New York, NY. The base salary for Senior Game Designer ranges from $88,912 to $108,993 with the average base salary of $97,801. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $91,035 to $113,909 with the average total cash compensation of $100,777.

View Average Salary for Senior Game Designer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$97,801	$88,912 - $108,993
Bonus	$2,976	$2,123 - $4,916
Total Pay	$100,777	$91,035 - $113,909

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Senior Game Designer Salary Near New York, NY

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO New York, NY
CITY, STATE West New York, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,912 - $108,993	COMPARE TO New York, NY 0%
CITY, STATE Hoboken, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,912 - $108,993	COMPARE TO New York, NY 0%
CITY, STATE Union City, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,912 - $108,993	COMPARE TO New York, NY 0%
CITY, STATE Jersey City, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,912 - $108,993	COMPARE TO New York, NY 0%
CITY, STATE Bronx, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,912 - $108,993	COMPARE TO New York, NY 0%
CITY, STATE Brooklyn, NY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,912 - $108,993	COMPARE TO New York, NY 0%

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