Inside Microsoft's Pay Snap: How Salaries, Bonuses and Stocks Are Handed Out

An internal, self-reported spreadsheet with about 600 Microsoft employees reveals how base pay, annual raises, cash bonuses, and stock awards vary by level and organization, offering a rare glimpse into the company's compensation strategy as it competes for AI and cloud talent; the data are not official and may skew lower due to self-reporting and a recent round of layoffs.