Esports & Competitive Gaming

Competition in the digital arena: pro gamers, coaches, casters, tournament organizers, and the crews behind the stream.

Top pay: highest pay, longest training

• Esports League Operations Director: Runs a professional esports league or tournament circuit for a game publisher. Typical pay $135k.
• Esports Team General Manager: Manages an esports organization's rosters, coaches, budgets, and sponsorships. Typical pay $110k.
• Esports Partnerships Manager: Sells and manages sponsorships between esports teams or leagues and brands. Typical pay $110k.

Mid pay: solid pay, degree or apprenticeship

• Professional Esports Player: Competes professionally in video games like League of Legends, Valorant, or Rocket League. Typical pay $60k.
• Esports Coach: Coaches esports players on strategy, teamwork, and mental performance. Typical pay $55k.
• Esports Shoutcaster: Provides live play-by-play and analysis during esports broadcasts. Typical pay $60k.
• Esports Broadcast Producer: Produces live esports broadcasts: camera feeds, replays, graphics, and on-air talent. Typical pay $75k.
• Esports Tournament Organizer: Plans and runs esports tournaments, online and in person. Typical pay $60k.
• Collegiate Esports Program Director: Runs a college's esports program: teams, arena, scholarships, and recruiting. Typical pay $55k.
• Esports Analyst: Analyzes game data and replays to find strategic edges for teams. Typical pay $58k.
• Esports Performance Coach: Helps gamers with fitness, sleep, focus, and mental health. Typical pay $60k.
• Esports Event Producer: Plans and runs live esports tournaments for game publishers and event companies, coordinating casters, cameras, players and the broadcast. Typical pay $70k.

Starter: fastest way in

• Esports Team Manager: Handles logistics for an esports team: travel, schedules, equipment, and player wellbeing. Typical pay $52k.
• Gaming Live Streamer: Streams gameplay live to an online audience, earning from subscriptions, ads, and sponsors. Typical pay $20k.
• Esports Referee and Admin: Enforces rules and resolves disputes during esports matches. Typical pay $40k.
• Esports Observer: Controls the in-game camera during esports broadcasts so viewers see the best action. Typical pay $45k.
• Esports Arena Technician: Sets up and maintains gaming PCs, networks, and equipment at esports arenas and gaming centers. Typical pay $42k.
• Chess Coach: Teaches chess to kids and adults in schools, clubs, and online. Typical pay $40k.
• Sim Racing Driver: Competes in professional online racing on high-end simulators for sim racing teams, practicing for hours and studying telemetry between events. Typical pay $25k.
• Gaming Center Manager: Runs a gaming lounge or esports center, managing staff, maintaining gaming PCs and consoles, hosting tournaments, and booking parties. Typical pay $45k.
• Professional Chess Player: Plays chess professionally in tournaments and online. Typical pay $30k.
• Chess Tournament Director: Runs chess tournaments, pairing players each round, settling rule disputes, watching for cheating, and posting official results. Typical pay $25k.

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