Netflix

United States of America

Founded
1997
Headquarters
United States of America
Ticker
NFLX
Employees
about 16,000 (December 31, 2025)
Website
netflix.com

Netflix is a subscription entertainment service for TV series, films, games and live programming, run as one operating segment with $45.18 billion of streaming revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025. It had about 16,000 full-time employees at December 31, 2025, about 68% of them in the United States and Canada, and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

What Netflix does

Netflix is a subscription entertainment service offering TV series, films, games and live programming. Streaming revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $45.18 billion, up 16% from 2024: $19.96 billion from the United States and Canada, $14.51 billion from Europe, Middle East and Africa, $5.36 billion from Latin America and $5.35 billion from Asia-Pacific. At December 31, 2025 Netflix had about 16,000 full-time employees: 10,900 (68%) in the United States and Canada, 2,500 (16%) in Europe, Middle East and Africa, 1,900 (12%) in Asia-Pacific and 700 (4%) in Latin America. Headquarters are at 121 Albright Way in Los Gatos, California, with a second principal site in Los Angeles.

Where Netflix hires

Calendar-2025 H-1B labor condition applications under the Netflix names total 343: 338 by Netflix Inc and 5 by Netflix Global LLC, none by Netflix Studios LLC or Netflix Animation Studios. A single worksite city reaches 25 filings:

  • Los Gatos, CA: 258

Los Angeles (23), Seattle (13) and New York (12) follow. On October 23, 2026 the careers site listed 391 open postings (open postings, not hires), 89 of them remote. Leading locations: Los Gatos (87), Los Angeles (82), remote United States (82), New York (62), Vancouver (30) and Tokyo (19). The fiscal 2025 annual report names only Los Gatos and Los Angeles as principal properties.

Job titles and levels you will see

Software Engineer is the most common 2025 LCA title, 158 of the 343 filings, followed by Machine Learning Engineer (18), Data Engineer (17), Analytics Engineer (13) and Data Scientist (11). Engineering titles carry a numbered band, sometimes with an L prefix or a word: "Software Engineer 4 - TV Product UI", "Software Engineer (L5) - Traffic Engineering" and "Staff Software Engineer 6 - Java Platform Team" were live on October 23, 2026.

How Netflix is organized

Netflix reports one operating segment and tracks revenue, paid memberships and headcount across four regions: United States and Canada, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. The careers site groups postings by team, the largest on October 23, 2026 being Engineering (81), Data & Insights (50), Feature Animation (50), Advertising (35), Marketing (25) and Product Management (24).

Workforce and hiring patterns

Full-time headcount was about 13,000 at December 31, 2023, about 14,000 at December 31, 2024 and about 16,000 at December 31, 2025. Content-production staff are counted separately and may be covered by collective bargaining agreements. On October 14, 2026 a memo from the co-CEOs announced about 1,000 cuts, about 6% of the workforce, mostly in product, technology, legal and human resources, per TechCrunch, NBC News and Associated Press reports that day. California WARN notices dated October 16, 2026 cover 494 positions: 267 in Los Angeles and 227 at the Los Gatos headquarters. An earlier notice dated August 13, 2026 covered 59 Los Angeles positions. LCA filings rose from 258 in calendar 2023 to 306 in 2024 and 343 in 2025.

Good to know before you apply

  • Pay is an annual salary with no bonus, and you choose yearly how much to take as stock options. A Software Engineer 4 posting (TV Product UI) showed $250,000 to $413,000 on October 23, 2026.
  • Postings list a 401(k) with employer match (no figure published), health plans, mental health support, HSA and FSA accounts, and flexible time off from day one.
  • Postings stay open at least 7 days. Work arrangements vary by role, team and location.
  • Ask Netflix engineers, animators and ads staff on this page what the October 2026 cuts changed on their teams.

Profile researched by RedKiosk. Updated October 2026.