CEO Total Pay
$96.5M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, well above median
MSFT FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Microsoft Corp CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $96.5M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $200,972 · Business Services.
- State
- WA
- Filing date
- 2025-10-21
- Industry
- Business Services
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio
480:1
Extreme (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$96.5M
Median worker
$200,972
Latest filing FY2024. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2024, not FY2025, so the figures on this page are from that earlier year and are not ranked against the FY2025 industry benchmark. Industry pages mark issuers like this one with a "Latest filing" label.
Answer first
Microsoft Corp reported a 480:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Business Services median of 95:1 across 189 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Business Services companies.
- Pay ratio
- 480:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $96.5M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $200,972
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Business Services peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 173 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 73. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2024
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Microsoft Corp's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · Microsoft Corp
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 480:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +72:1
- from FY2023 408:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +22%
- $96.5M latest
- Filings shown
- 4
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $54.9M | - | $190,302 | 289:1 | - |
| 2022 | $48.5M | -12% | $193,770 | 250:1 | -39:1 |
| 2023 | $79.1M | +63% | $193,744 | 408:1 | +158:1 |
| 2024 | $96.5M | +22% | $200,972 | 480:1 | +72:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 789019, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Business Services
This Company's Ratio
480:1
Industry Median Ratio
95:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.9M
This CEO's Pay
$96.5M
Companies in Industry
189
vs. Industry Median
Above
Microsoft Corp: HIGH · OUTLIER pay ratio
Microsoft Corp disclosed 480:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $96.5M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 480× the median employee ($200,972) in FY2024.
Median employee $200,972 (ELITE-MED); HIGH · OUTLIER stamps put about 480 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
480:1
Outlier, top decile
What FY2024 shows for Microsoft Corp
Microsoft Corp disclosed 480:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $96.5M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Business Services (SIC 73) median ratio is 95:1 across 189 FY2025 filers; Microsoft Corp's $96.5M CEO total is above the $7.9M industry median CEO pay.
Microsoft Corp stamps HIGH · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Business Services peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $96.5M
- Median Employee Pay
- $200,972
- Pay Ratio
- 480:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-10-21
Company Info
- Ticker
- MSFT
- CIK
- 789019
- Industry
- Business Services
- SIC Code
- 7372
- State
- WA
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 789019, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Microsoft Corp disclosed 480:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $96.5M CEO total in FY2024.
Read with Microsoft Corp
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps HIGH · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
Starbucks Corp · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $97.8M (Δ $1.3M heavier vs Microsoft Corp); MEGA · LOW-MED vs this page's HIGH · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
Palo Alto Networks Inc · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $99.8M (Δ $3.3M heavier vs Microsoft Corp); HIGH · ELITE-MED vs this page's HIGH · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
General Electric Co · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $89.0M (Δ $7.5M lighter vs Microsoft Corp); MEGA · PAR-MED vs this page's HIGH · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
Ares Management Corp · OUTLIER
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $85.4M (Δ $11.1M lighter vs Microsoft Corp); HIGH · ELITE-MED vs this page's HIGH · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED.
Business Services benchmark
Microsoft Corp stamps HIGH · OUTLIER · ELITE-MED inside SIC 73 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · HIGH
See where HIGH · OUTLIER packages sit on the national leaderboard after reading Microsoft Corp.
Comp structure · OUTLIER
Microsoft Corp's OUTLIER CEO total is equity-sensitive - read what grant-date fair value does and does not mean.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Microsoft Corp (CIK 789019), FY2024. See our methodology. Aggregated by PlainCEOPay as of August 2026.
Data currency: Executive compensation from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements through fiscal year 2025, compiled and last refreshed August 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.