- Primary Subject: EA's CEO 2025 Bonus
- Key Update: While EA's CEO enjoyed a hefty bonus last year, many developers were laid off despite the company's games performing well.
- Status: Confirmed
- Last Verified: July 31, 2026
- Quick Answer: Andrew Wilson's bonus last year rose from $8m to $38m due to EA's games' performance, while many Battlefield Studios devs were laid off.
EA's CEO, Andrew Wilson, received a pretty significant rise in her bonus last year, jumping from $8 million to $38 million, mainly due to the performance of the company's games.
This was disclosed in EA's most recent 10K report, a document all publicly traded companies must submit once per year. As spotted by Eurogamer, page 21 of the report reveals that Wilson received a total of $38,694,984 in stock awards and payments.
He wasn't the only recipient of higher bonuses, as other top executives such as Stuart Canfield (CFO) and Laura Miele (president of EA) also received hefty amounts in bonuses.
The report paints a positive picture for the company's financials in the past year, with Battlefield 6 "meeting all milestones" for its launch, EA Sports FC 26 "meeting specified retention goal", and even Skate surpassing its player goal.
However, not everything is aces, as many developers were laid off in the past year. If we go back to March 2026, EA laid off an unknown number of developers at Battlefield Studios, just five months after a successful launch.
Rolling back another month, another undisclosed number of developers were laid off from Full Circle, the studio behind the new Skate title, in February. If we go back even further, EA laid off between 300 and 400 positions in April 2025, with roughly 100 positions affected at Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Apex Legends and the Star Wars Jedi games.
We can see a trend here: while the heads enjoy better bonuses, a successful business does not guarantee safety for the developers' jobs. This trend is certainly worrying for the industry, especially when we hear about layoffs almost every month now.
It's worth noting that this report came out just a day before EA confirmed that it has all the regulatory approvals for its 55 billion dollar purchase by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners. This means the company will go private in one week and won't have to submit these reports in the future.
What do you think about these worrying trends?
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