Game Developer salaries
Monthly net pay from 435 answers since 2022. In 2026 the median is ₺92,500; the middle half earns ₺70,500–₺117,500.
- 2026 median
- ₺92,500
- Last year
- +46%
- 2026 answers
- 41
Monthly net pay by year
MedianMiddle 50% (P25–P75)
- 2023 +105%
- 2024 +112%
- 2025 +40%
- 2026 +46%
Amounts are in each year's nominal lira; in years of high inflation most of the rise is prices, not purchasing power.
2026 distribution · point at a year on the chart
41 people- Bottom 10%
- ₺40,500
- Lower quartile (P25)
- ₺70,500
- Median
- ₺92,500
- Upper quartile (P75)
- ₺117,500
- Top 10%
- ₺157,500
The bottom and top tenth are shown instead of the single lowest and highest answer: the extremes are either mistakes or one person, and showing one answer makes that person recognisable.
2026, by experience
- 3–5 yearsLower quartile ₺72,500, upper quartile ₺102,500, 16 people₺92,500
The line is the median, the light band the middle half.
2026, by level
- Middle₺92,500₺70,500 – ₺102,50020 people
The level is the respondent's own answer.
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Every year
| Year | Answers | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Against the year before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | ₺70,500 | ₺92,500 | ₺117,500 | +46% |
| 2025 | 116 | ₺50,500 | ₺63,500 | ₺87,500 | +40% |
| 2024 | 76 | ₺34,500 | ₺45,500 | ₺56,500 | +112% |
| 2023 | 127 | ₺18,500 | ₺21,500 | ₺30,500 | +105% |
| 2022 | 75 | ₺8,500 | ₺10,500 | ₺19,500 | — |
Where do the numbers come from?
- The Önceki Yazılımcı salary surveys, run every year from 2022 to 2026: 33,254 answers in all.
Used with the survey author's permission. We keep nothing per person; this page only holds group summaries.
- Only groups of at least 15 people are shown; no figure of a smaller group is published.
- The survey asks for a range; each value is the middle of its range, rounded to 500 lira. A value that falls in an open top range is written with "≥".
- Only answers from people working in Turkey and paid in Turkish lira count.
- Amounts are each year's nominal lira, not adjusted for inflation.