Newly disclosed worker data from Nintendo has revealed that individuals are likely to work for the corporate for a really very long time certainly.
As noticed by Go Nintendo, the employee records – which had been up to date in June and are for the interval April 2024 to March 2025 – present that individuals keep at Nintendo Japan for a mean of 14.4 years.
The common time period of service for Nintendo of America employees, in the meantime, is 10 years. For Nintendo of Europe the determine is barely increased at 11.1 years, and for Nintendo Australia it is 8.5 years. Throughout the board, males have a tendency to remain for barely longer than ladies.
The worker turnover price for Japan is a miniscule 1.9%, rising to five.7% for America, 6% for Europe and 16.7% for Australia.
The stats additionally reveal that Nintendo has a complete of 5,630 full-time employees worldwide, which is a surprisingly tiny quantity contemplating how a lot revenue the agency makes. Nintendo reported a gross revenue of $4.9 billion for the yr ending March 31, 2025, which is equal to $870,337 per worker.
For comparability, in response to its results for a similar yr, Sony had 12,100 employees in its Sport & Community Companies (G&NS) division, down barely from 12,700 the yr earlier than. The division reported an working earnings of $2.8 billion for the yr – equal to $231,404 per worker.
Taking a look at Nintendo’s previous employee data for the interval between April 2023 and March 2024 reveals that the general variety of full-time employees at Nintendo has risen by 366 over the previous yr, from 5,264 to five,630.
Nintendo Japan’s full-time worker rely has risen by 148, America’s by 165, and Europe’s by 56, whereas Nintendo Australia has shrunk by three employees.
The overwhelming majority of full-time staff at present work at Nintendo Japan, which has 2,962 full time employees. Subsequent is America with 1,446 staff, then Europe with 1,123 staff, and lastly Australia with simply 99 staff.
The gender cut up varies dramatically by area. In Japan, 76.6% of staff are male, whereas the determine is 60.9% for America and 58.3% for Europe. In Australia, the gender cut up is sort of 50/50.
For comparability, a 2022 survey by UKIE discovered that 67% of the general UK video games business workforce recognized as males, 30% as ladies, and 3% as non-binary or one other gender.