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Microsoft Executive Compensation (FY25)

MSFT · Redmond, WA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): December 8, 2025
331 figures on this page: 324 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
The disclosed peer group includes Accenture, Adobe, Alphabet, Amazon and Apple, among others, and Satya Nadella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $96,496,790 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and Nadella's total was 22.0% higher than the $79,106,183 reported for fiscal 2024, and the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 480:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $200,972. Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 91.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 5, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Satya Nadella
Latest say-on-pay support
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December 5, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Satya Nadella: $79,106,183 → $96,496,790 (22.0% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 91.3% → 91.9% (0.6 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 408:1 → 480:1 (17.6% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Microsoft's chief executive and what were they paid?
Satya Nadella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $96,496,790 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Nadella's total was 22.0% higher than the $79,106,183 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Microsoft's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 91.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 5, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Microsoft's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Accenture, Adobe, Alphabet, Amazon and Apple, among others.
What is Microsoft's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 480:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $200,972.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Satya Nadella
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Amy Hood
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Bradford Smith
Vice Chair and President
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Judson Althoff
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher Young
Executive Vice President, Business Development, Strategy, and Ventures
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Satya Nadella
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Amy Hood
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bradford Smith
Vice Chair and President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Judson Althoff
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher Young
Executive Vice President, Business Development, Strategy, and Ventures
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Satya Nadella
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Amy Hood
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bradford Smith
Vice Chair and President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Judson Althoff
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher Young
Executive Vice President, Business Development, Strategy, and Ventures
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Satya Nadella
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Amy Hood
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bradford Smith
Vice Chair and President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Judson Althoff
Executive Vice President and CEO Microsoft Commercial
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Takeshi Numoto
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Amy HoodPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Amy HoodRSU◇——◇——◇
Amy HoodPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Amy HoodPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Bradford SmithPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Bradford SmithPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Bradford SmithRSU◇——◇——◇
Bradford SmithPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Judson AlthoffPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Judson AlthoffPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Judson AlthoffPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Judson AlthoffRSU◇——◇——◇
Satya NadellaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Satya NadellaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Satya NadellaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Takeshi NumotoPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Takeshi NumotoPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Takeshi NumotoPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Takeshi NumotoRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Takeshi NumotoRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Judson AlthoffRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Bradford SmithRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Amy HoodRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Satya NadellaPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sandra E. Peterson
Lead independent director
◇◇———◇◇
Carlos A. Rodriguez
◇◇————◇
Hugh F. Johnston
◇◇————◇
Teri L. List
◇◇———◇◇
John W. Stanton
◇◇———◇◇
Penny S. Pritzker
◇◇————◇
Emma N. Walmsley
◇◇————◇
Reid G. Hoffman
◇◇————◇
Catherine MacGregor
◇◇————◇
Charles W. Scharf
◇◇————◇
Mark A. L. Mason
◇◇————◇
Satya Nadella and John David Rainey served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Stock Awards.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Accenture ACN
  • Adobe ADBE
  • Alphabet GOOG
  • Amazon AMZN
  • Apple AAPL
  • AT&T T
  • Broadcom AVGO
  • Cisco Systems CSCO
  • Comcast CMCSA
  • IBM IBM
  • Intel INTC
  • Johnson & Johnson JNJ
  • Merck MRK
  • Meta META
  • Netflix NFLX
  • Nvidia NVDA
  • Oracle ORCL
  • Pfizer PFE
  • Procter & Gamble PG
  • Qualcomm QCOM
  • Salesforce CRM
  • Tesla TSLA
  • Verizon VZ
  • Walt Disney DIS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025December 5, 2025=◇◇◇
2024December 10, 2024=◇◇◇
2023December 7, 2023=◇◇◇
2022December 13, 2022=◇◇◇
2021November 30, 2021=◇◇◇
2020December 2, 2020=◇◇◇
2019December 4, 2019=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

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331 figures on this page: 324 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
324 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-25-311196
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-25-245150
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at June 30, 2025 · and 1 more section
  3. 0001193125-24-275524
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-24-242883
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001193125-23-291720
  6. 0001193125-23-259247
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001193125-22-306591
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001193125-21-343711
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001193125-20-310549
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001193125-19-307138
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Microsoft discloses

The companies named in MSFT's own disclosed peer group.

AdobeAmazonAppleBroadcomCisco SystemsIBMIntelJohnson & JohnsonMerckMetaNvidiaOraclePfizerProcter & GambleQualcommSalesforceWalt Disney

Terms on this page

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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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