Game Design Salary New Jersey

The average Video Game Designer in Jersey City, NJ makes $117,128, 5% above the national average Video Game Designer salary of $111,916. This pay is 10% lower than the combined average salaries of other metros Washington, DC, Boston and Houston.

The average video-game-designer in Jersey City, NJ makes $117,128

Salary Ranges for Video Game Designers in Jersey City, NJ US

The salaries of Video Game Designers in Jersey City, NJ range from $33,579 to $301,383 , with a median salary of $107,460 . The middle 57% of Video Game Designers makes between $107,460 and $170,784, with the top 86% making $301,383.

How much tax will you have to pay as a Video Game Designer in Jersey City, NJ

For an individual filer in this tax bracket, you would have an estimated average federal tax in 2018 of 24% and an added New Jersey state tax of 6.37%. After the combined taxes have been taken out, Video Game Designers could expect to have a take-home pay of $89,393/year, with each paycheck equaling approximately $3,725^*.

* 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 $7,449/month, and the median 2BR apartment rental price of $2,506/mo^** in Jersey City, NJ, a Video Game Designer would pay 33.64% of their monthly take-home salary towards rent. The average income spent on cost of living excluding rent within Jersey City per month for an individual is $1,250 , and for a 4-person family $4,592^***. This means for an individual, total cost of living is 50.42% of a Video Game Designer in Jersey City's salary leaving $3,693 as discretionary income ; whereas for a family of 4, total cost of living is 95.29% of a Video Game Designer in Jersey City's salary leaving $351 as discretionary income. When considering cost of living, this places Jersey City, NJ as 2nd out of the 2 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