It also depends on what you mean by “lead.” Does personnel management? Does infrastructure procurement? Runs live operations? Combining that with art tech? Gameplay? Data/analytics? Unicorn breeding?
The GamaSutra survey is good for averages, but almost nobody is average, and various parts of the world has WILDLY varying salaries, as do various sub-niches.
If they live in San Francisco, $175k/year? (There’s an engineering bubble going on there)
If they live in Bulgaria or the Ukraine, $30k/year?
These numbers are based on some insight into job and outsourcing markets, but you will likely find variations going both ways from these numbers if you go looking.