Microsoft Employees Report $300 Median AI Spend, With Usage Reaching $28,000
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Updated · Business Insider · Aug 24
Microsoft Employees Report $300 Median AI Spend, With Usage Reaching $28,000
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Aug 24
Summary
Nearly 600 U.S. Microsoft employees entered pay data in an internal spreadsheet, and about 350 also voluntarily reported AI spending from a new internal tracking tool.
Median reported AI usage was about $300 over the last 28 days, but spending varied sharply by team and individual—from $1 to a reported high of $28,000 in Customer and Partner Solutions.
Business Insider found no meaningful link in the self-reported data between heavier AI use and bigger raises, bonuses, promotion odds, or bonus ratings.
Microsoft said the usage tracker is still in early testing as the company pushes staff to embed AI in daily work while spending hundreds of billions on AI infrastructure.
The figures offer only a narrow snapshot: Microsoft had 223,000 employees as of June 30, and the anonymous spreadsheet is voluntary, unofficial, and may contain errors.