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Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much hundreds of software engineers report making in units like Azure and AI
By Ashley Stewart,
6 hours ago
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Microsoft employees recently shared their pay details in a spreadsheet viewed by Business Insider.
The document includes salaries, raises, promotions, and bonuses.
BI analyzed the data for software engineers working at Microsoft.
Hundreds of Microsoft employees recently shared details about their pay and promotions in a spreadsheet viewed by Business Insider.
Employees had performance reviews earlier this year, but most just started finding out their new compensation this month, with some putting that information in the spreadsheet.
BI analyzed more than 500 submissions from those who identified themselves as Microsoft employees in the US. The spreadsheet includes data such as salaries, performance-based raises, promotions, and bonus percentages.
Like most technology companies, Microsoft's compensation includes base pay plus cash bonuses and stock awards. This year, the company restarted performance-based raises after previously freezing salaries and cutting its budget for bonuses and stock awards.
Microsoft employees typically share this information anonymously through spreadsheets to promote pay transparency. These are not official Microsoft corporate documents. That means the spreadsheet obtained by BI includes only information employees voluntarily decided to share and isn't comprehensive. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment.
BI analyzed the data to calculate the average compensation, raises, and bonus percentages for software engineers in the US this year by level. The number of entries submitted for each level varies. The two most senior levels represented in the spreadsheet, for example, had only one entry each from people who identified themselves as software engineers.
Average 2024 pay for Microsoft software engineers
Level
Total comp
Base pay
Cash bonuses and stock awards
Average raise and bonus %
59
$148,436
$126,156
$22,280
5% and 9%
60
$166,894
$133,465
$33,429
5% and 13%
61
$187,031
$144,873
$42,158
5% and 12%
62
$211,455
$157,782
$53,673
5% and 12%
63
$250,004
$179,701
$70,303
5% and 17%
64
$285,101
$195,161
$89,941
4.5% and 19%
65
$321,749
$199,549
$122,199
4% and 23%
66
$406,973
$227,438
$179,535
4% and 24%
67
$641,008
$251,951
$389,057
2% and 33%
68
$862,000
$269,000
$593,000
1% and 52%
69
$1,230,000
$290,000
$940,000
1% and N/A
BI also analyzed the average pay, raises, cash bonuses, and stock awards for Microsoft software engineers by organization. There were many organizations represented in the spreadsheet, so BI compared the ones with the largest number of entries.
The spreadsheet also asked respondents whether they got a promotion in this review cycle. Below is the percentage of those who responded yes. Additional respondents indicated they had received midyear promotions. Those extra responses were not included in the table below.
Software-engineer promotions by level
Level
Promoted
59
0%
60
20%
61
26%
62
37%
63
45%
64
28%
65
35%
66
25%
67
43%
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