Morgan Stanley Smith Barney — 417 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 45
- Filings · FY2025
- $138k
- Median base · FY2025
- Assistant Vice President
- Top role · 126 all-time
- NY
- Top state · 284 all-time
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney filed 45 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 7% from the year before), with a median base salary of $138k and the middle 50% of offers between $115k and $151k. That is 3% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 417 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Assistant Vice President in New York.
How much does Morgan Stanley Smith Barney pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $138k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's H-1B hiring changed by year?
35 certified filings in FY2016 → 41 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 41 | −9% | $138k |
| FY2025 | 45 | +7% | $138k |
| FY2024 | 42 | +20% | $144k |
| FY2023 | 35 | −43% | $135k |
| FY2022 | 61 | +177% | $135k |
| FY2021 | 22 | −42% | $128k |
| FY2020 | 38 | −7% | $105k |
| FY2019 | 41 | +41% | $103k |
| FY2018 | 29 | +4% | $100k |
| FY2017 | 28 | −20% | $100k |
| FY2016 | 35 | — | $100k |
Which wage levels does Morgan Stanley Smith Barney file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 53% of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 308 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I3.9%12
- Level II43.5%134
- Level III38.6%119
- Level IV14.0%43
What jobs does Morgan Stanley Smith Barney sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Vice President | 126 | $130k |
| Vice President | 114 | $156k |
| Associate | 67 | $100k |
| International Country Market Specialist | 33 | $100k |
| Executive Director | 29 | $200k |
| Analyst | 23 | $83k |
| Senior Vice President | 8 | $109k |
| Director | 4 | $100k |
| Associate Vice President | 2 | $100k |
| Wealth Management Analyst | 2 | $80k |
Where does Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 284 | $125k |
| NJ | 48 | $145k |
| CA | 27 | $100k |
| FL | 26 | $100k |
| MD | 19 | $94k |
| GA | 5 | $167k |
| MA | 4 | $109k |
| VA | 2 | $116k |
| CT | 1 | $100k |
| WA | 1 | $122k |
What has Morgan Stanley Smith Barney filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 417 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's H-1B filings
- How much does Morgan Stanley Smith Barney pay H-1B workers?
- Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's median certified H-1B base salary is $138k (FY2025), from 45 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Morgan Stanley Smith Barney sponsor?
- Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has 417 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Morgan Stanley Smith Barney sponsor for H-1B?
- Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Assistant Vice President, Vice President, Associate, International Country Market Specialist.
- Where does Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hire H-1B workers?
- Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's top H-1B worksite states are NY, NJ, CA, FL.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →