Microsoft Staff Disclose $28,000 Monthly AI Spend as 350 Entries Show $300 Median
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Updated · Mint · Aug 25
Microsoft Staff Disclose $28,000 Monthly AI Spend as 350 Entries Show $300 Median
3 articles · Updated · Mint · Aug 25
Summary
Nearly 350 Microsoft employees who filled an internal pay-transparency spreadsheet also reported AI tool costs over the prior 28 days, giving a rare internal snapshot of usage patterns.
Business Insider found a median AI spend of about $300, while one Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions employee logged $28,000; usage ranged from a few dollars to tens of thousands across teams.
CoreAI showed the highest team median at $975, ahead of Security at $526 and Microsoft AI at $490, based on a subset of entries that excluded sparsely reported groups.
The figures came from a self-reported column tied to an internal tracking tool that Microsoft said is still in early testing, so the data is unofficial and may contain errors.
For now, heavier AI use did not correlate with promotions, raises or bonuses, even as Microsoft pushes staff to embed AI into work and competes with OpenAI, Google, Meta and Anthropic.