[bananaboy]

It’s more nuanced than that. Programmers generally will be paid decently. Gameplay programmers aren’t really the bottom of the pecking order. That dubious honour usually falls to UI engineers. Other folks involved in development who often don’t get paid well and are usually involved in unions are QA, junior programmers, and junior artists. There are a lot more roles than just engine and gameplay programmer.

[dijit]

Artists in my experience earn a lot less than programmers in gamdev; unless you're a technical artist... which is another type of programming.

[bananaboy]

Very true!