Electronic Arts

United States of America

Founded
1982
Headquarters
United States of America
Employees
about 14,600 (March 31, 2026)
Website
ea.com

Electronic Arts develops and publishes games such as EA SPORTS FC, Madden NFL, Battlefield, Apex Legends and The Sims for consoles, PCs and mobile, with net revenue of $7,531 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. It employed about 14,600 people at March 31, 2026, 71% of them outside the United States, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. Since August 4, 2026 it has been privately owned by PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners.

What Electronic Arts does

Electronic Arts develops and publishes games for consoles, PCs and mobile devices. Net revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 was $7,531 million, of which live services and other made up $5,383 million, 71%. Its main franchises are EA SPORTS FC, Madden NFL, Battlefield, Apex Legends and The Sims. Headquarters are in Redwood City, California. EA employed about 14,600 people at March 31, 2026, 71% outside the United States. Since August 4, 2026 it has been privately owned by PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, and its stock no longer trades on Nasdaq.

Where Electronic Arts hires

In calendar 2025, 139 H-1B labor condition applications were certified under Electronic Arts Inc (129) and Electronic Arts - Tiburon A Florida Corporation (10), per h1bdata.info. Two worksite cities reached 25:

  • Redwood City, California: 53
  • Austin, Texas: 30

Kirkland, Washington followed with 12. On October 23, 2026 the careers site listed 346 open postings (open postings, not hires): Vancouver 123, Shanghai 28, Bucharest 14, Hyderabad 13 and Guildford 10. Only 27 were in the US, led by Orlando (10) and Redwood City (6). The annual report names only the headquarters and puts the international business in Switzerland.

Job titles and levels you will see

The 2025 LCA filings were mostly engineering bands: Software Engineer III (24), Software Engineer II (21), Senior Software Engineer I (6) and Data Scientist I (4). Postings on October 23, 2026 carry I, II or III, as in Software Engineer III (Vancouver) and Experience Designer I - EA SPORTS FC. Higher up, words take over: 44 postings contained Senior, 20 Director and 13 Lead, for example Senior Director, Product Management - EA Sports Network in Orlando.

How Electronic Arts is organized

Reporting is one segment, so structure shows in titles and tags. At May 11, 2026 the executive team included a President of EA Entertainment & Central Development, and the October 21, 2026 staff letter was signed by the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Studios Officer. Open roles are tagged by group: EA Studios - SPORTS held 145 of 346, EA Studios - Respawn 26 and EA Studios - Quality Verification 20, then Central Technology, EA Mobile, Global Publishing, Marketing, Finance and Legal.

Workforce and hiring patterns

Headcount went from about 13,700 at March 31, 2024 (66% outside the US) to 14,500 at March 31, 2025 (68%) and 14,600 at March 31, 2026 (71%). The workforce is primarily non-unionized, with unions and works councils outside the United States. On April 30, 2025 Bloomberg reported 300 to 400 positions cut, about 100 at Respawn. On October 21, 2026 Bloomberg reported about 400 cuts, about 3% of staff, about 50 at BioWare, and EA's staff letter confirmed that BioWare and its Edmonton workspace are closing. No Electronic Arts WARN notice appears in California reports (July 2025 to October 2026) or Texas listings (2025, 2026). Certified LCAs ran 246 in 2023, 123 in 2024 and 139 in 2025.

Good to know before you apply

  • The posted process: apply online, recruiter call, hiring manager call, Zoom interviews, then recruiter feedback. No dress code. Early careers recruiting opens four months before each term.
  • Hybrid means at least three days a week in the office. No 401(k) match figure is published.
  • Benefits named: healthcare, life insurance, mental health resources, paid time off, a year-end shutdown and new parent leave.
  • Ask the EA SPORTS, Respawn and central technology staff in the discussions on this page how the October 2026 cuts reached their teams.

Profile researched by RedKiosk. Updated October 2026.