In both my own experience and according to indeed.com (though I don't know how reliable their data is) embedded pays more on average than web development, natio

In both my own experience and according to indeed.com (though I don't know how reliable their data is) embedded pays more on average than web development, nationally. Game developers do get short changed often relative to how technical and time-demanding their jobs are, but that is primarily because it is a "glamour" field that lots of young people want to get into and the industry has evolved into a churn factory to accommodate them (for a short time).