Gaming professionals rank only behind financiers when it comes to pay in China
- China’s video gaming industry has experienced explosive growth in recent years
Online gaming professionals are only behind bankers and money managers when it comes to the most highly-paid jobs in China, according to a recent report.
Workers at online gaming companies pocket an average of 10,940 yuan (US$1,548) per month, according to a report released by China’s top recruitment platform Zhaopin.com, which covered job postings in 38 Chinese cities in the past quarter.
Allen Zhu, a gaming lawyer from law firm He & Partners, said that Zhaopin.com’s statistics were not a surprise.
“It’s very likely that employees at games companies [in China] get an average of more than 10,000 yuan per month in salary,” said Zhu. “Video game projects also offer decent bonuses as well.”
Investment companies – including asset managers, investment banks, securities and futures firms – paid their employees the most at about 12,286 yuan (US$1,737) per month on average. People working in related financial fields such as mortgage brokerage, trust work, auction houses and pawn shops came second in the survey, paying their employees an average of 11,540 yuan (US$1,632) per month.
Although recording a slight drop from data in the previous quarter, online gaming remains the most lucrative sector in China’s tech industry for jobseekers this spring.