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What Morgan Stanley Services certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 2,761 certified Department of Labor wage filings across every fiscal year on record, through FY2026. (The /pay index card counts FY2026 alone.) Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.

Related record: Morgan Stanley Services’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Software Developers

1,208 filings
p25 · $145Kmedian · $160Kp75 · $176K

Software Developers, Applications

294 filings
p25 · $135Kmedian · $150Kp75 · $165K

Risk Management Specialists

127 filings
p25 · $104Kmedian · $137Kp75 · $178K

Financial Risk Specialists

117 filings
p25 · $104Kmedian · $125Kp75 · $157K

Information Technology Project Managers

103 filings
p25 · $135Kmedian · $155Kp75 · $185K

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

91 filings
p25 · $143Kmedian · $155Kp75 · $169K

Auditors

82 filings
p25 · $110Kmedian · $143Kp75 · $178K

Computer Systems Analysts

80 filings
p25 · $145Kmedian · $156Kp75 · $175K

Median by state

NY1,588 filings$156K
GA710 filings$153K
MD125 filings$102K
CA98 filings$168K
NJ77 filings$165K
VA33 filings$150K
IL29 filings$150K
MA24 filings$152K

Median by seniority level

Level I · Entry56 filings$90K
Level II · Qualified1,213 filings$140K
Level III · Experienced1,178 filings$170K
Level IV · Fully competent170 filings$200K

OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.

H-1B sponsorship profile

Morgan Stanley Services certifies 2,761 H-1B / E-3 wage filings through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. Below, how those offers compare to the legal prevailing-wage floor each role must clear.

Offered vs. prevailing floor
+29%

Median certified offer runs 29% above the floor.

Filings paid above the floor
99%

The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.

Median offered · floor
$155K

vs. $117K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level I · Entry2%
Level II · Qualified46%
Level III · Experienced45%
Level IV · Fully competent6%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY22 749FY23 520FY24 612FY25 725FY26 155

Filed across 6+ legal entities under this brand — largest: Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. (1,814).

Every H-1B role carries a legally required prevailing-wage floor (the OES rate for that occupation, area, and level). The offered wage on the certified filing must meet or exceed it — so “% above floor” distinguishes employers who genuinely pay a premium from those who file at the minimum. Certified DOL disclosure data, offered base wage only; reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Green-card sponsorship record

Morgan Stanley Services has 959 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2026 — filing volume rising. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?

Certified PERM applications
959

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
0%

Of 962 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
35 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (959 vs 2,761) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
149
FY2021
101
FY2022
119
FY2023
100
FY2024
151
FY2025
58
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Software Developers, Applications · 266Software Developers · 163Software Developers, Systems Software · 68Computer Systems Analysts · 64Risk Management Specialists · 57Computer Occupations, All Other · 54

Source: DOL OFLC PERM (Form ETA-9089) disclosure data, decision-basis by federal fiscal year; the current fiscal year is partial by construction. PERM has no prevailing-wage field — this card reads sponsorship posture, not pay.

What this data is — and isn't

These bands come from certified H-1B Labor Condition Application disclosures — the base salary employers commit to on the record. They exclude equity, bonus, and benefits, and they cover only roles companies sponsor, which skews technical. Read them as a conservative, citable floor on what Morgan Stanley Services pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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