Gamasutra released the results for its annual Game Developer Salary Survey, revealing a two percent decrease in salary for U.S. based game developers from 2012 to 2013.

The average game developer in the U.S. earned just over $83,000 USD in 2013, while Canadian and European based developers averaged a salary of $71,000 USD (up 9 percent from 2012) and $46,000 USD (no change), respectively.Those who hold business and management positions earned an average salary of over $101,000 USD in 2013 - the most of any discipline. Audio professionals and programmers followed closely behind, each earning average salaries of over $90,000 USD.Solo indie developers experienced a 49 percent drop in salary, while the average salary for developers belonging to indie teams shot up a staggering 161 percent.Conducted during May of 2014, the survey collected data from over 4,000 individual game developers worldwide. To learn more, you can head over to Gamasutra for a detailed breakdown of their results.

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