I apologize if this is off-topic, not permitted or against board rules.

I have an idea for a game (like every gamer out there) and would like to know what is the going yearly salary for one kick azz game developer? Or perhaps it is by project?

You should look in the Business and Law of Game Development forum. Someone posted a similar question:

http://www.gamedev.n...-an-action-rpg/

And it is mentioned in that thread but here is the forum faq which contains good info:

http://www.gamedev.n...ction=rules&f=5

I'm going to move your topic to the Business and Law forum -- you should definitely have a read of the FAQ and existing topics there, as your question -- or very similar -- is reasonably common.

Good luck!

You can read the Game Salary Survey at http://gamedeveloper.texterity.com/gamedeveloper/2009fall/#pg33
But "salaries" differ from "consulting prices" since a freelancer has to pay for his own insurance and cover down time, etc.

I have an idea for a game (like every gamer out there) and would like to know what is the going yearly salary for one kick azz game developer? Or perhaps it is by project?

See the forum FAQ for info on salaries - however, unless your game is tic-tac-toe you will probably need more than one person (almost certainly an artist), definitely a project manager (unless you have experience managing game development), and possibly an entire team. It all depends on the scope of you game idea.