[29/06] Square Enix Employees Are Possibly the Best Paid in the Industry

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Square Enix leads the Japanese game industry in employee compensation, according to a ranking chart posted today by Nensyu Labo, a site that tracks salaries across various industries.


With an average salary of 21,680,000 yen, Square Enix Holdings is easily ahead of the rest of the industry. Sony comes in second with 9,230,000 yen. Nintendo follows with 9,140,000 yen. Other top placers in the chart are:


5. Konami: 6.78 million
6. Namco Bandai Holdings: 6.40 million
7. Tecmo Koei Holdings: 6.15 million
9. Capcom: 5.71 million
11. Marvelous AQL: 5.56 million
14. Gung Ho Online Entertainment: 5.04 million
15. Falcom: 4.68 million
20: Nippon Ichi: 3.70 million
21: Tose: 3.50 milllion
Nensyu Labo says that it compiles its data based off public filings. Some of the numbers are a bit suspect (that high Square Enix Holdings figure, for instance), so you'll have to consider how far you'd like to read into them as indicative of how much an average employee at the company actually makes.


View Nensyu Lab's top salary chart here. The chart to the right is a sales ranking, showing Nintendo at top, followed by Sony (game division), Namco Bandai, Konami, and Square Enix.


[via Hachimaki]

Source: Andriasang
 
I can't believe that the average salary at S-E is $273,000. Even with the skew caused by the highest earners, they should be reporting the median salaries.
 
...and people keep asking what is wrong with the video game industry today. You don't really need to look much further than that, do you? The people who do the crappiest job get the best pay! It's no wonder we're seeing so few good games; that's probably the biggest demotivator I've seen since that one poster with the Stormtrooper on the bus who is upset because his job got blown up.

I am glad to see Nippon Ichi on there though, even if it's at the twentieth place. They more than deserve their salaries, and more.
 
So .... how do you get a job at SquareEnix ? I have a huge sudden urge to want to work there now... :gasp:
 
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