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OVER 1,000 MICROSOFT EMPLOYEES SHARED THEIR SALARIES IN A LEAKED SPREADSHEET IN
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 * Leaked Microsoft pay data and government filings give a rare glimpse into how
   much workers earn.
 * Software engineers across business units took home a median pay package of
   $185,000.
 * But based on a spreadsheet of 1,200 salaries, women at the IT giant claim pay
   and promotion inequity.

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Microsoft grew its employee base by more than 23,000 workers in 2021, seemingly
unaffected by the woes of a tightening talent market for tech labor. In total,
the enterprise software and cloud giant now employs nearly 190,000 workers
worldwide, including about 107,000 in the US.

But how much is Microsoft — the most valuable company in the world — paying its
employees? 

Insider compiled data from leaked salary spreadsheets and visa applications to
get a rare glimpse at just how much Microsoft employees are earning. The data
reveals some of the highest-paying positions at the tech giant — and comes
alongside employee reports of pay and promotion inequity.

Here's a look at current Microsoft salaries among senior executives, software
engineers, and more:





EMPLOYEES AT MICROSOFT CLAIM PAY AND PROMOTION DISCRIMINATION AFTER LEAKING
SALARY DATA 


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Dozens of women in technical roles at Microsoft started an email thread sharing
stories about disparities in compensation and promotions at the company, and
then compiled a pay spreadsheet to document the inequities. 

More than 1,200 employees shared salaries in the spreadsheet, revealing how much
employees, ranging in experience and department, earn each year. CSS, quality
engineer, and solution architect roles earned the least, according to the data. 



The data also shows promotion breakdowns by gender, race, and ethnicity, as well
as how much pay rates range based on location. But some of the issues discussed
went beyond salaries, and focused on the treatment of certain employees.

"Being kept out of meetings, having men on projects speaking over you, or
deliberately ignoring ideas are quick and effective in their speed and
subtlety," an employee wrote in the email thread.




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 * Leaked Microsoft email chain shows women sharing stories of gender
   discrimination at the company: 'Women are all paid equally until the women
   who aren't prove it'
 * Leaked Microsoft salaries revealed as over 1,200 employees compile
   compensation and promotion data in a shared spreadsheet to promote pay equity


SOFTWARE ENGINEERS AT MICROSOFT EARN A MEDIAN PAY PACKAGE OF $185,000, ACCORDING
TO LEAKED DATA 


Microsoft engineer Alex Kipman, who developed HoloLens. GLENN CHAPMAN / Getty

More than 600 employees in the leaked Microsoft spreadsheet self-identified as
engineers at business units across the company, including Azure, Office, and
Windows.

The sample isn't a fully representative view of Microsoft's compensation rates,
but it does reveal a median pay package of $185,000 among software engineers,
with employees in the highest-earning band making as much as $500,000.




Entry-level engineers earned a median compensation package of $132,900, and
senior engineer earnings started at $217,000.

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 * Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much hundreds of software engineers
   report making in units like Azure, Office, and Windows — with a median pay
   package of $185,000
 * Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much hundreds of software engineers
   report making — from entry-level jobs up to senior-level ones


MICROSOFT'S SENIOR EXECUTIVES EARNED SALARIES AS HIGH AS $250,000 LAST YEAR


Microsoft chief legal officer Brad Smith, CEO Satya Nadella, executive vice
president and CFO Amy Hood, and board chairman John Thompson. Stephen Brashear /
Stringer

The Office of Foreign Labor Certification publishes salaries from H-1B visas
each year, revealing how much companies like Microsoft pay foreign workers.




The data only includes base salary, not total compensation. But it provides a
glimpse into wages Microsoft usually doesn't share.

Insider analyzed more than 1,400 of these visas to find the highest-paid roles
at Microsoft. We focused on any titles earning $175,000 or more, with the
highest salary going to a channel sales manager taking home $250,000.

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 * Microsoft salaries revealed: The highest-paying job titles at the $1.6
   trillion tech titan, paying as much as $250,000

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