Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much hundreds of software engineers report making in units li... - 2 minutes read
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 engineersBI 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.
Reported pay was highest for software engineers in Microsoft's new Microsoft AI organization, which the company formed in March when it hired Mustafa Suleyman, a cofounder of DeepMind, to be the CEO of the group. His team is responsible for consumer AI products such as Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot and Bing search engine.
Average 2024 pay for software engineers by orgThe 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 levelAre you a Microsoft employee, or are you someone else with insights to share?
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Source: Business Insider
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