Game Design Salary In Colorado

The average Video Game Designer in Denver, CO makes $122,612, 10% above the national average Video Game Designer salary of $111,916. This pay is 3% lower than the combined average salaries of other metros Washington, DC, New York and Atlanta.

Denver Average

$122,612 10% VS US AVERAGE

$45,320 $234,527

The average video-game-designer in Denver, CO makes $122,612

Salary Ranges for Video Game Designers in Denver, CO US

The salaries of Video Game Designers in Denver, CO range from $45,320 to $234,527 , with a median salary of $119,921 . The middle 57% of Video Game Designers makes between $119,978 and $158,058, with the top 86% making $234,527.

How much tax will you have to pay as a Video Game Designer in Denver, CO

For an individual filer in this tax bracket, you would have an estimated average federal tax in 2018 of 24% and an added Colorado state tax of 4.63%of federal taxes.. After the combined taxes have been taken out, Video Game Designers could expect to have a take-home pay of $97,798/year, with each paycheck equaling approximately $4,075^*.

* assuming bi-monthly pay period. Taxes estimated using tax rates for a single filer using 2018 federal and state tax tables. Metro-specific taxes are not considered in calculations. This data is intended to be an estimate, not prescriptive financial or tax advice.

Recent Salary Records for Video Game Designer

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A Video Game Designer reported making $120,000 per year in Los Angeles

a year ago · $120,000· Los Angeles, CA

Quality of Life for Video Game Designer

With a take-home pay of roughly $8,150/month, and the median 2BR apartment rental price of $1,349/mo^** in Denver, CO, a Video Game Designer would pay 16.55% of their monthly take-home salary towards rent. The average income spent on cost of living excluding rent within Denver per month for an individual is $900 , and for a 4-person family $3,307^***. This means for an individual, total cost of living is 27.6% of a Video Game Designer in Denver's salary leaving $5,901 as discretionary income ; whereas for a family of 4, total cost of living is 57.14% of a Video Game Designer in Denver's salary leaving $3,493 as discretionary income. When considering cost of living, this places Denver, CO as 1st out of the 3 largest nearby metros in terms of quality of life for Video Game Designers^**.

** This rental cost was derived according to an online report at Apartment List
*** Average cost of living was acquired from Numbeo's Cost of Living Index