How many Microsoft employees are employed in the US?

In: Hiring and Retention [Edit categories]

Answer:

From http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/inside_ms.mspx:

Employment Information

(Last Updated: Sept. 30, 2008)

Current Employment Headcount Location Employees |-

Worldwide

94,286

USA

56,654

Puget Sound (Washington State)

40,797

Note that presently [Jan 2009] Microsoft is preparing to fire 10-17% of its staff.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/microsoft-mulling-thousands-of-redundancies-1223054.html

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