A self-submitted spreadsheet contains over 850 entries reporting salary, bonus, and stock awards from Microsoft employees after raises and promotions. Hundreds of employees voluntarily share compensation details to promote pay transparency, but the submissions are not official or comprehensive. Analysis of nearly 300 entries from U.S. software engineers provides pay ranges and averages by level and organization, though higher-paid or senior staff may underreport, skewing results lower. Microsoft is adjusting pay and offering competitive packages to attract AI talent, including aggressive offers and updated pay guidelines, while managing layoffs and maintaining overall headcount targets.
It's the time of year when Microsoft employees start finding out about pay raises and promotions, and hundreds of them are sharing information about their compensation in a spreadsheet viewed by Business Insider. The document has more than 850 self-submitted entries and counting, and includes how much these Microsoft employees report making in salary, bonus, and stock awards. The competitiveness of Microsoft's pay is particularly important now as it tries to lure top AI engineers and researchers to keep up the momentum that's fueling its record earnings.
Microsoft is going after Meta's AI talent with multimillion-dollar offers and released new pay guidelines this year with a carve-out to make its offers more competitive, as Business Insider recently reported based on internal documents. The company has cut thousands of employees this year while insisting its headcount will remain flat, suggesting hiring plans continue. Business Insider analyzed nearly 300 submissions in the spreadsheet from people who identified themselves as software engineers in the US to determine pay ranges and averages by level and organization. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment. Microsoft employees typically share this information voluntarily and anonymously to promote pay transparency, but that means the data isn't official or comprehensive. The company had 228,000 employees on June 30, so a spreadsheet with roughly 850 submissions provides a tiny snapshot.
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