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Leaked Microsoft pay guidelines – salary, hiring bonus, stock awards by level

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Re: Leaked Microsoft pay guidelines – salary, hiring bonus, stock awards by level

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From the article:

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Level 70:

    Base pay: $231,700 to $361,500
    On-hire stock awards: $310,000 default to $1.2 million with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $945,000
Level 69:

    Base pay: $202,400 to $316,000
    On-hire stock awards: $235,000 default to $1.1 million with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $750,000
Level 68:

    Base pay: $186,200 to $291,000
    On-hire stock awards: $177,000 default to $1 million with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $490,600
Level 67:

    Base pay: $171,600 to $258,200
    On-hire stock awards: $168,000 default to $700,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $336,000
Level 66:

    Base pay: $157,300 to $236,300
    On-hire stock awards: $75,000 default to $600,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $160,000
Level 65:

    Base pay: $144,600 to $216,600
    On-hire stock awards: $36,000 default to $300,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $90,000
Level 64:

    Base pay: $125,000 to $187,700
    On-hire stock awards: $24,000 default to $250,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $60,000
Level 63:

    Base pay: $113,900 to $171,500
    On-hire stock awards: $17,000 default to $200,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $44,000
Level 62:

    Base pay: $103,700 to $156,400
    On-hire stock awards: $11,000 default to $125,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $32,000
Level 61:

    Base pay: $92,600 to $138,100
    On-hire stock awards: $6,500 default to $75,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $24,000
Level 60:

    Base pay: $83,500 to $125,000
    On-hire stock awards: $4,500 default to $50,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $16,000
Level 59:

    Base pay: $74,400 to $110,800
    On-hire stock awards: $3,000 default to $30,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: $0 to $12,000
Level 58:

    Base pay: $70,300 to $92,600
    On-hire stock awards: $2,500 default to $20,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: "By career stage"
Level 57:

    Base pay: $63,800 to $83,000
    On-hire stock awards: $1,500 default to $10,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: "By career stage"
Level 56:

    Base pay: $60,700 to $77,900
    On-hire stock awards: $1,500 default to $10,000 with approval
    Annual stock award range: "By career stage"
Level 55:

    Base pay: $55,200 to $71,300
    On-hire stock awards: N/A
    Annual stock award range: "By career stage"
Level 54:

    Base pay: $51,600 to $67,000
    On-hire stock awards: N/A
    Annual stock award range: "By career stage"
Level 53:

    Base pay: $46,600 to $59,700
    On-hire stock awards: N/A
    Annual stock award range: "By career stage"
Level 52:

    Base pay: $42,500 to $54,600
    On-hire stock awards: N/A
    Annual stock award range: "By career stage"

Re: Leaked Microsoft pay guidelines – salary, hiring bonus, stock awards by level

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Post by steveBK123 »

Would be interesting to see people rough idea of YOE to Level mapping for MSFT. Everything from Level 50 through 60 looks pretty junior, like grad hires and possibly outside HCOL areas. Surprised there is so much granularity.

I do also find the base to stock ratios interesting. I guess base pay caps out in FAANG the same way it does in fintech / Wall Street tech. $360k base is a lot of money obviously, but its interesting you can have like a $1M signing bonus & $1.25M TC but never get about $360K base.

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