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Morgan Stanley

#42 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#5 Banking sponsor of 40949% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Banking · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

🏢 New York, NY HQ🌐 morganstanley.com

Does Morgan Stanley sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Morgan Stanley has filed 9,586 H-1B LCAs and 1,472 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Morgan Stanley filed 2,156 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $165,266, about 36% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 372 green-card cases were decided.

H-1B filings
9,586
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$165k
from 2,156 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
+36%
above national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
1,472
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

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Morgan Stanley H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)1,040$169k
FY20251,116$163k
FY2024977$157k
FY2023819$155k
FY20221,005$150k
FY2021780$145k
FY2020954$132k
FY20191,081$125k
FY20181,044$125k
FY2017770$115k

A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.

H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes

What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided

Pay vs the legal floor
$145k
33% above the $109k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
51% entry to mid
4153,8893,1091,041
LCA decisions
91.1% certified
8,730 of 9,586 filings
Withdrawn 810 · Denied 46
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes · FY2017–2023
New petitions1,250 decided95.5% approved
Extensions3,192 decided97.9% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment3,482 filings36.3%
Transfers in1,836 filings19.2%
Renewals4,268 filings44.5%

Roles they file for

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search
Software Developers3,507Financial and Investment Analysts1,807Statisticians501Financial Specialists403Computer Systems Analysts383

Where they hire

By city

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †

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Morgan Stanley green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)161$168k
FY2025211$160k
FY2024140$158k
FY2023179$148k
FY2022143$147k
FY2021214$145k
FY202096$136k
FY2019106$133k
FY2018127$140k
FY201795$120k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B889L-1167E-37H-47TN7F-12L-22NOT IN USA1
Green-card wage
$150k
median of 1,472 cases
$130k–$180k typical
PERM decisions
98.4% certified
1,449 of 1,472 filings
Withdrawn 15 · Denied 8

Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
India576China194United Kingdom60Canada53Hungary29
Top schools
New York University39Columbia University31Stevens Institute of Technology24Anna University16University of Mumbai12
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Fields of study
Computer Science141Electrical Engineering112Computer Engineering103Business Administration102Information Systems61
Degrees
Master's549Bachelor's479Doctorate43Other22None7

Patents

Granted
387
US patents
Published, not yet granted
184
applications
Most recent grant
April 7, 2026
Top area
Information and communication technology167
Other top areas
Electric digital data processing132Transmission of digital information58Computing arrangements based on specific computational models8Image or video recognition or understanding5
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Pay against the local market

Morgan Stanley’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 121% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsMorgan Stanley payLocal BLS median‡vs market
Software DevelopersNew York, NY2,631$142,739$132,753108%
Financial and Investment AnalystsNew York, NY1,532$152,962$118,606129%
Financial Specialists, All OtherNew York, NY685$139,604$98,573142%
Software DevelopersAtlanta, GA646$152,695$128,587119%
StatisticiansNew York, NY483$154,944$115,972134%
Computer Occupations, All OtherNew York, NY364$136,843$105,663130%
Computer Systems AnalystsNew York, NY341$133,241$112,832118%
Accountants and AuditorsNew York, NY234$127,897$96,566132%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersNew York, NY180$179,628$193,71293%
Financial Risk SpecialistsNew York, NY176$145,279$141,519103%

About Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a banking company based in New York City. It was founded in 2008 and has about 68,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as MS.

Name (DOL filings)
Morgan Stanley
Listed
NYSE: MS
Incorporated in
Delaware
Headquarters
1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Industry
Banking
Employees (global)
83,000 (2025)
Revenue FY2014
$34.3B +5% from $32.5B
Net income FY2025
$16.9B +26% from $13.4B
Founded
2008

Morgan Stanley pays a median H-1B base of $145,447 across FY2017–2026, about 20% above the typical Banking sponsor.

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Morgan Stanley9,5862,156$165k72747%
Visa9,2531,683$145k42071%
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