Ever wondered how much salary Microsoft professionals withdraw? On the heels of a massive layoff affecting approximately 9,000 employees across its global offices, a Bloomberg report revealed a majority of compensation details for all kinds of roles, ranging from AI specialists to its management roles.
Despite recent rounds of layoffs affecting thousands of employees, the tech giant from Redmond continues to offer competitive pay to attract and retain key talent, especially those contributing to its AI initiatives. The company had recently let go of thousands of employees from its Xbox division as well as several other departments in a bid to adapt to the changing trends in the industry. The company even closed its Pakistan office as part of the restructuring process.
The disclosed figures are primarily based on visa data from the first quarter of 2025 and represent base pay only. This data does not include additional bonuses and stock awards. The data underscores Microsoft’s strategic focus on AI, with a clear distinction in compensation for AI-related roles.
Without beating around the bush, here’s a quick look at all the salary data obtained.
Microsoft base salary data (2025):
Software Engineering: Up to $284,000
Applied Sciences: $127,200 to $261,103
Business Analytics: $159,300 to $191,580
Business Planning: $117,200 to $201,900
Business Program Management: $102,380 to $195,100
Cloud Network Engineering: $122,700 to $220,716
Cloud Solution Architecture: $130,000 to $207,285
Construction Project Management: $150,000 to $193,690
Customer Experience Engineering: $126,422 to $239,585
Customer Experience Program Management: $141,865 to $201,508
Customer Solutions Architecture: $122,730 to $225,000
Data Analytics: $132,385 to $205,000
Data Center Operations Management: $115,000 to $176,900
Data Engineering: $144,855 to $264,000
Data Science: $121,200 to $274,500
Demand Planning: $147,000 to $204,550
Digital Cloud Solution Architecture: $155,085 to $217,589
Electrical Engineering: $138,995 to $247,650
Financial Analysis: $91,100 to $213,800
Hardware Engineering: $136,000 to $270,641
Product Design: $125,100 to $208,058
Product Management: $122,800 to $250,000
Product Marketing: $113,350 to $213,200
Research Sciences: $146,054 to $208,000
Research, Applied and Data Sciences: $85,821 to $208,800
Service Engineering: $130,080 to $182,500
Silicon Engineering: $116,334 to $275,000
Site Reliability Engineering: $135,100 to $236,670
Software Engineering: $82,971 to $284,000
Solution Area Specialists: $144,000 to $209,300
Supply Planning: $131,300 to $193,270
Technical Program Management: $120,900 to $238,000
Technical Support Advisory: $114,290 to $153,984
Technical Support Engineering: $80,371 to $176,606
Technology Specialists: $168,800 to $200,000
UX Research: $138,560 to $177,148
LinkedIn (Microsoft Subsidiary) base salary data:
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning: Up to $336,000
Manager, Software Engineering: $197,185 to $301,000
Product Manager: $141,000 to $252,000
Software Engineer: $108,826 to $205,000
Software Engineer, Machine Learning: $135,000 to $231,000
Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure: $135,000 to $231,000
Senior Software Engineer: $121,000 to $249,000
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning: $154,000 to $278,000
Senior Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure: $144,000 to $278,000
Staff Software Engineer: $158,000 to $301,000
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning: $190,486 to $336,000
Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure: $190,486 to $336,000
Note that the above salary data only represents the base salary figures, not the additional bonuses and perks associated with some of these roles.
