Employment Outlook and Salary


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Employment Outlook

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job growth for multimedia artists and animators, including game designers,
will be slow over the 2014-2024 decade (www.bls.gov). There were approximately 64,400 of these workers employed across the United States in 2014,
and the growth rate of six percent is expected to result in an increase of 3,900 jobs by 2024.


Reason for Growth

The BLS notes that there will be a demand for professionals who can create visual effects and animations for video games, which will positively affect job growth.
In addition, games become more complex as new computer hardware is released, and this is expected to positively contribute to growth. Professionals will also be
needed to design mobile games. However, companies may hire workers overseas because they are less expensive than designers in the United States.

Duties of a Game Developer

Many components are involved in the development of a video game. Designers, producers and graphic artists all contribute to the final product.
However, programmers and software developers turn the idea into code, which provides the game with its operating instructions. Game and software developers
create the core features of a video game. Duties of a game developer may include:

Entry level and junior game programmers typically use basic tools and languages, such as C++, to add small elements to games. They are also expected to keep up
with changing technology. Lead developers and programmers write more complicated code and manage other programmers.