Okay let’s talk about money, I am going to give you the average salaries of CG artists working in the industry. Before we start diving into details I want to clarify that these numbers are from www.GlassDoor.com, Game Developer Magazine’s annual salary survey, and the experience of artists working in the film and game development industry.
So, in today’s video, you will have a general idea of How Much do 3D Artists make, which will give you the ability to know what to expect from this field that you have chosen for your career.
Of course the more work you do the more experience you are going to get, as a result, your value increases and you will be paid more.
For example, a junior artist is not going to get paid like a senior or a lead artist would.
There are other factors that can play a role in how much artists are paid, such as the studio or the company they are working at and their Ability to specialize just to name a few.
Now lets take a look at the numbers.
How Much do 3D Artists make?
First, we are going to look at it from an experience standpoint, I mean how many years artists worked in the industry and how that is affecting their pay.
| > 3 years | 3-6 Years | 6+ years | |
| Game Artist/Animator | $65.000 | $55.000 | $80.000 |
| Lead/Technical Artist | $73.000 | $105.000 | |
| Art Director | $110.000 |
Also, we can break down salaries by job title this means that these guys are specialized. Also, we are going to show the range of income from low to high, depending on the factors that we talked about before.
| Low | High | |
| Concept Artist | $45,000 | $100,000 |
| Character Artist | $45,000 | $70,000 |
| Environment Artist | $55,000 | $120,000 |
| Technical Artist | $40,000 | $105,000 |
| Character Animator | $40,000 | $100,000 |
| 2D Artist | $60,000 | $75,000 |
| Game Artist (Generalist) | $45,000 | $95,000 |
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We can also take a look at how studios and companies affect how much artists are going to get paid on average.
I would say that this category is the least accurate because it lacks data, but it will give us a nice overview.
| Low | High | |
| Blizzard Entertainment | $64,000 | $84,000 |
| Electronic Arts | $49,000 | $103,000 |
| Activision | $64,000 | $83,000 |
| Ubisoft | $64,000 | $90,000 |
| Blur Studio | $52,000 | $89,000 |
| Gameloft | $43,000 | $73,000 |
| Rockstar San Diego | $66,000 | $120,000 |
I hope this was informative and gave an idea about how much 3D artists are getting paid based on the factors we talked about.
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