Microsoft (MSFT) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft (MSFT) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $8.7 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 11.98% year-over-year to $8.7 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $45.2 billion (up 5.19% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $39.7 billion, up 6.98% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses slipped to $8.7 billion in Q1 2026, from $10.4 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $16.1 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $4.5 billion in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of $9.4 billion and a median of $9.1 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses tumbled 58.1% in 2023 and soared 213.69% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Tracing MSFT's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $8.0 billion in 2022, then advanced by 13.76% to $9.1 billion in 2023, then gained by 6.81% to $9.7 billion in 2024, then increased by 7.15% to $10.4 billion in 2025, then retreated by 16.2% to $8.7 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MSFT's Operating Expenses at $8.7 billion in Q1 2026, $10.4 billion in Q4 2025, and $10.0 billion in Q3 2025.