Software Games Industry

C2HR Surveys Show Pandemic Continues to Impact Pay

The Content & Connectivity Human Resources (C2HR) Association’s annual Compensation Surveys revealed that pay at content developers rose substantially across all employee levels in 2022, with executives achieving the largest gains. Among connectivity providers, pay growth was modest; however, hourly and sales positions achieved [...]

Salaries for Software Gaming Talent Continued to Grow in 2022

The recently published 2022 Croner Software Games Survey – North America shows that jobs at U.S. software gaming companies experienced material compensation growth in the past year. Noteworthy findings from the 2022 report include [...]

Emerging Policies for Hybrid and Permanently Remote Work

The results of a Croner Company pulse survey about remote work show a majority of participating companies will allow hybrid work schedules going forward. Hybrid work is defined as requiring some days in the office and allowing some days to be work from home.  The greatest number of those companies that will allow for hybrid work expect to have [...]

2023-08-17T10:37:58-07:00December 22nd, 2021|News & Trends|

New Job Families Added to the 2021 Croner Software Games Survey

The position grids for the 2021 Croner Software Games Survey will cover ten new software gaming job families this year.  These additions result from discussions with survey participant companies at the annual Survey Planning Meeting.  The meeting was attended by human resources and compensation professionals from companies developing and/or publishing games in [...]

2022-08-02T12:06:47-07:00May 12th, 2021|News & Trends|

Animation and Visual Effects Compensation Survey Annual Planning Meeting

Animation and Visual Effects jobs are at the forefront of today’s entertainment. Animators and Visual Effects teams are producing content consumed in software games and in content streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. The 2021 Croner Animation and Visual Effects Survey provides up-to-date competitive compensation information about positions that [...]

2022-08-02T12:06:27-07:00February 8th, 2021|News & Trends|