Everyone has a different definition of AAA. The definition of AAA I am using is from: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-07-04-eas-hilleman-triple-a-console-studios-reduced-to-25-worldwide Average of four or five character artists per studio but teams are four times bigger = ~ 500 AAA character artists. Number of…
The number of CG artist jobs in the world is infinite if you consider indies, self-employed, contract and people who sell assets online. A lot of them probably make less than $10,000 a year though. For comparison: Number of AAA game character artists in the world: about 500 at 25 studios Average Salary is around $80,000 US…