Microsoft Corporation is a major international employer, with around 228 thousand full-time employees worldwide in its 2024 fiscal year. The employees of Microsoft's are distributed over four main business units - Operations, product research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administration. 126 thousand of Microsoft's full-time employees are located in the United States, the company's home market.
Number of employees of the Microsoft Corporation in fiscal year from 2018 to 2024* (in 1,000s), by business unit
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