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Morgan Stanley salaries

What Morgan Stanley publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$118k median · $87k to $153k middle half · 600 job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Salary by role at Morgan Stanley

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at Morgan Stanley by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering47$170k$145k to $185k
Finance44$131k$119k to $166k
Operations35$100k$86k to $126k
Product24$113k$113k to $150k
Data21$135k$110k to $160k
Sales15$153k$100k to $169k
Research10$154k$118k to $172k
Legal8$172k$143k to $220k

Salary by AI level at Morgan Stanley

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at Morgan Stanley by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●12$169k$146k to $185k
Works on AI ●●●○14$154k$113k to $180k
Uses AI ●●○○16$148k$115k to $178k
Little AI ●○○○558$117k$85k to $153k

Salary by country at Morgan Stanley

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at Morgan Stanley by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States599$118k$87k to $153k

Other currencies and hourly pay

Shown apart. Amounts are never converted between currencies or between hourly and annual.

  • Hourly in USD: 15 job posts, median $29/hr.

Morgan Stanley job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 615. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 615 job posts at Morgan Stanley with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 7, 2026.

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Morgan Stanley salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Morgan Stanley pay?

Morgan Stanley job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $118k. The middle half of those posts range from $87k to $153k. That is 600 job posts, as of Nov 7, 2026.

Which roles at Morgan Stanley list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Legal has the highest median at $172k, from 8 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Morgan Stanley change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at Morgan Stanley: Builds AI $169k, Works on AI $154k, Uses AI $148k, Little AI $117k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Morgan Stanley salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Morgan Stanley that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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