Updated Sep 23, 2026

Game Developer Salary in Los Angeles

Game Developer jobs in Los Angeles hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $116,329/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

Open positions
22
Companies
5
Salary range
$90K – $125K
Average salary
$98K
Top technologies
Unreal Engine8 C++5 Blender4 Agile4 Unity4 Maya3 Adobe Photoshop3 Jenkins2

Salary range

Seniority Jobs 25% Median 75%
Lead 8 $175K $198K $231K
All levels 15 $142K $189K $198K

Few employers in this selection publish pay, so these figures are Alion estimates built from comparable listings by role, level and country. Gross annual, converted to USD.

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Tencent
tencent.com
tencent.com • HQ: Shenzhen, China • Payment Processing & Gateways • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Game Development • Messaging Apps • Consumer Internet Groups • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust B • Hiring 238, 10 new
HQ: Shenzhen, China • Payment Processing & Gateways • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Game Development • Messaging Apps • Consumer Internet Groups • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust B • Hiring 238, 10 new
Tencent is a Chinese technology conglomerate founded in Shenzhen in 1998 and one of the largest internet companies in the world by revenue. Its WeChat super-app combines messaging, social feeds, payments, mini-programs and official accounts into the default digital layer of Chinese daily life, with well over a billion monthly users. The group is also the biggest video game company on the planet through domestic publishing and stakes in Riot, Supercell and Epic Games, and runs Tencent Cloud, Tencent Music, a large fintech business and the Hunyuan family of foundation models.
About
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Who decides
Pony Ma · Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
John Lo · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Allen Zhang · President, WeChat Group · decision-maker
Martin Lau · President · decision-maker
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Verified live · 10 hours ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior Technical Artist
≈ $103k – $201k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • In office (Irvine, Los Angeles, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
Python
C#
C++
Game Dev
Houdini
HLSL
GLSL
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Publicis Groupe
publicisgroupe.com
publicisgroupe.com • HQ: Paris, France • Bakery & Pastry • Est. 1926 • Hiring 1230, 1230 new
HQ: Paris, France • Bakery & Pastry • Est. 1926 • Hiring 1230, 1230 new
Publicis Groupe is a French multinational advertising and communications group headquartered in Paris that provides creative, media, data, commerce and digital transformation services to brands around the world. Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, it spans creative agency networks, Publicis Media, the data marketing company Epsilon, Publicis Sapient and Publicis Health, with around 100,000 employees in more than 100 countries. It hires account managers, media planners and analysts, SEO and paid media specialists, designers and content producers, and software, data and quality engineers for Publicis Sapient.
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Company page
Who decides
Céline Fronval · Directeur de la publication
Juridique Publicis · Directeur de la publication
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Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior 3D Artist
$84k – $130k per year • Senior • Hybrid (Los Angeles, United States) • Senior • Polish
Unreal Engine
Lumen
Design
Maya
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1229 more roles at Publicis Groupe
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ea.com • HQ: Redwood City, United States • Mobile Games • PC Games • Gaming • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 270, 237 new
HQ: Redwood City, United States • Mobile Games • PC Games • Gaming • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 270, 237 new
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Electronic Arts is a major global leader in digital interactive entertainment and video game development. The company develops, publishes, and delivers popular games, content, and online services for consoles, mobile devices, and personal computers. Known for iconic franchises such as EA SPORTS FC, The Sims, and Apex Legends, it connects hundreds of millions of players worldwide through immersive gaming experiences.
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No named decision-maker yet.
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3 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Senior VFX Artist (Apex Legends)
≈ $103k – $199k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Los Angeles, United States) • Senior
Houdini
Substance 3D Designer
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Maya
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3 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Senior Game Designer - Legends (Apex Legends)
≈ $112k – $217k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Los Angeles, United States) • Senior
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3 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Gameplay Engineer Intern
Intern • In office (Los Angeles, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Intern
C++
Python
C#
Lua
DevOps
Git
Game Dev
Unity
Unreal Engine
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267 more roles at Electronic Arts
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Riot Games
riotgames.com
riotgames.com • HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Gaming • Esports • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006 • Trust A • Hiring 150, 11 new
HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Gaming • Esports • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006 • Trust A • Hiring 150, 11 new
Riot Games is an American video game developer founded in 2006 that built League of Legends, the free-to-play team battle game that became one of the most played titles in the world and the foundation of modern esports. It has since released the tactical shooter Valorant, the card game Legends of Runeterra, the mobile title Wild Rift and the animated series Arcane, all set in the same fictional universe, and it operates the professional leagues around its games directly rather than licensing them out. Headquartered in Los Angeles and wholly owned by Tencent, it is unusual for running a small number of titles as very long-lived services.
About
Company page
Who decides
Marc Merrill · Co-founder and President of Games · decision-maker
Dylan Jadeja · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Brandon Beck · Co-founder · founder
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 6 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Software Engineer, Matchmaking - Publishing Platform
≈ $131k – $255k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Los Angeles, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Go
Java
Kotlin
TypeScript
C#
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
+2
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 8 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Game Producer - League of Legends, Alternate Play Modes
≈ $129k – $250k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Los Angeles, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
CI/CD
Management
Agile
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago Hiring now · 74%

Principal Software Engineer, Gameplay - Unpublished R&D Product
≈ $169k – $332k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years exp • In office (Los Angeles, United States) • Principal
C++
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147 more roles at Riot Games
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TapBlaze
tapblaze.com
tapblaze.com • HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Est. 2012 • Hiring 4
HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Est. 2012 • Hiring 4
TapBlaze Home About Games Careers x © 2024 TapBlaze. All Rights Reserved.
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No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 17 days ago Likely open · 50%

Senior Game Producer
$100k – $125k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Los Angeles, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
Slack
Jira
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Open 137 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 4 months ago Long shot · 5%

Game Designer, Casual F2P
$65k – $95k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Los Angeles, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Part-Time • Junior
Claude
Game Dev
Unity
Analytics
A/B Testing
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2 more roles at TapBlaze
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Sawhorse Productions
sawhorsela.com
sawhorsela.com • Los Angeles • Creative Agencies • Design & Creative • Media & Entertainment • Hiring 6
Los Angeles • Creative Agencies • Design & Creative • Media & Entertainment • Hiring 6
HOME WORK ABOUT CLIENTS JOBS MERCH CONTACT ABOUT Home / ABOUT Why Sawhorse? When we founded Sawhorse in 2013, our mission was to keep up with a rapidly evolving media landscape.
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No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 9 hours ago 1 month ago Long shot · 15%

Roblox Environmental Artist
$60k – $90k per year • Los Angeles • Remote (United States, PST hours) • Contractor
Unity
Design
Blender
Maya
Substance 3D Painter
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Verified live · 9 hours ago 1 month ago Long shot · 15%

Roblox Level Designer
$60k – $90k per year • Los Angeles • Remote (United States, PST hours) • Contractor
Lua
Lua
Luau
Design
Blender
Maya
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Verified live · 9 hours ago 1 month ago Long shot · 15%

Roblox 3D Artist
$60k – $90k per year • Los Angeles • Remote (United States, PST hours) • Contractor
Unity
Design
Blender
Maya
Substance 3D Painter
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3 more roles at Sawhorse Productions
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Fully remote 18%
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Hybrid 5%
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On site 77%
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Relocation package 9%
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How pay is distributed

Most employers in this selection do not publish a figure, so the range below is Alion's own estimate, derived from 15 comparable listings priced by role, level and country. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $142K and $198K a year, with a median of $189K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.

The market right now

Alion currently lists 22 open Game Developer Salary in Los Angeles from 5 companies. 8 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 5 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.

Where the work is

18% of the listings are fully remote and a further 5% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.

Who is hiring

The employers with the most open Game Developer Salary in Los Angeles right now are Riot Games (9), DNEG (6), Sawhorse Productions (4), TapBlaze (2), and Jobless (1). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.

What employers ask for

Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Unreal Engine (8), C++ (5), Blender (4), Agile (4), Unity (4), Maya (3), Adobe Photoshop (3), and Jenkins (2). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.

Relocation, visas and equity

Of the current Game Developer Salary in Los Angeles, 2 offer a relocation package. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.

Companies
Riot Games9 DNEG6 Sawhorse Productions4 TapBlaze2 Jobless1
Game Developer Salary in Los Angeles
Frequently asked questions
How many Game Developer Salary in Los Angeles are open right now?
There are 22 open Game Developer Salary in Los Angeles on Alion from 5 companies. The list was last refreshed on September 23, 2026.
What do Game Developer Salary in Los Angeles pay?
The median is $189K a year, and the middle half of the market falls between $142K and $198K. Few of these employers publish a figure, so this is Alion's estimate based on 15 comparable listings.
Are any of these roles remote?
4 of the 22 listings (18%) are fully remote, and you can filter the list down to them in one click.
Which companies are hiring?
The most active employers right now are Riot Games, DNEG, Sawhorse Productions, TapBlaze, and Jobless. Each has its own page on Alion with the rest of its open roles.
Can I get visa sponsorship or relocation?
Yes - of the current listings, 2 offer a relocation package. Both are filters on the jobs page.
How do I apply?
Open any listing and apply on the employer's own board through the link on the page. No account is required to browse or to apply.