Number one on the list of great jobs is video game testing. Ponder this. Just by playing video games you could get money for! This is the ultimate job. Is the salary for
a video game tester really as good as it sounds? When you pay more than you bring in, you have acquired an expensive hobby. What is the expected income for a video game tester?
Per gaming industry surveys, a very nice salary range for a game tester is between 15 and 20 thousand dollars. Impacting the average salary is the skill level and the time worked. You income is heavily influenced by the jobs. You work as a contractor for the gaming companies. How many of these contracts you get as well has the length of each one impacts your salary.
Contracts can start a game tester around $8/hour if they do not have much experience. Those with experience and a good reputation in the gaming community can go as high as $20/hour. Working a game tester at $15/hour can make $600/week. As you can tell, this is not a bad yearly salary of over $31,000. The more experience and skill a game tester has it makes sense that the hourly rate will increase. No more money without the extra experience. All jobs will pay more if you are extremely skilled.
Going for this kind of money has some drawbacks. Becoming a contractor means that you are not guaranteed a salary. You have to work to get. You also might not be consistent in getting jobs. The number of jobs available is directed by the economy. Who gets hit the hardest in a bad economy? The contractor.
Networking is the way to be a successful contractor. Keeping in touch with former associates is part of the networking. Birthday wishes always helps to keep the line of communication open. Once in a while, you should contact them just to see how they are. Don't forget to mention what is going on in your life, too. It is important to sell your talents. Get this done by joining some game tester associations. Participating and volunteering wouldn't hurt. Assisting other people with their hunt for work would be thoughtful and helpful. Little things go a long way. Jobs can be found and much quicker through the network.
What is so great about this career is much bigger than all the negatives put together. No sane game tester willingly changes career paths. The following is a list of some cities across the country and the average game tester salary in each of them.
* Atlanta, GA (67,230)
* Charlotte, NC (66,585)
* Chicago, IL (67,607)
* Dallas, TX (68,690)
* Houston, TX (70,680)
* Indianapolis, IN (59,759)
* Miami, FL (53,381)
* New York-Manhattan, NY (66,083)
* Orlando, FL (37,113)
* Phoenix, AZ (63,493)
You might want to consider this as a career if you really liked those figures and you have the talent to do it.
