According to an insider working at Microsoft, the details of the salaries of professionals has been disclosed. Since it’s the time of the year when employees receive appraisals and promotions you can take a idea from the list for your appraisal. Moreover, 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) in US Dollars:
- 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
- X 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.
