Moody's Analytics

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 285 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Business Support Services
  • Headquarters: New York City
  • Founded 2007
  • 1,400 employees
Median base salary$149,000+21% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$124.5k–$175.3k
Level II (mid-level) share37%all employers: 42%
Median prevailing wage$123,656the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Most filed: Software Engineer. 49% of its filings. After that come Quantitative Analyst and Data Scientist.
  • Mostly above the prevailing wage. 99% of filings are above the prevailing wage. Median offer $149,000, median prevailing wage $123,656.
  • 2nd among the largest filers in its industry. Moody's Analytics's median ($149,000) is below Deel and above Moody's Investors Service.

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10th $103.5k25th $124.5kmedian $149k75th $175.3k90th $202.6k

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Percentiles from Moody's Analytics's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Moody's Analytics hires for

Bar: share of Moody's Analytics's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 92% of filings (24 occupations in total).

Show all 7 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$160,000139
Quantitative Analyst$136,42239
Data Scientist$136,71124
QA Engineer$128,13018
Financial Analyst$128,46010
Systems Engineer / Architect$164,62310
Operations Research Analyst$143,55410

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Moody's Analytics.

Pay by level

$107.7kLevel I
Entry-level · 14% of filings
$132.4kLevel II
Mid-level · 37% of filings
$154.4kLevel III
Senior · 22% of filings
$174.8kLevel IV
Expert · 27% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $107,704 41
Mid-level · Level II $132,446 106
Senior · Level III $154,400 62
Expert · Level IV $174,769 76

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Moody's Analytics vs. industry peers

Median base salary, all jobs, FY2025–FY2026. Largest H-1B filers with the same industry code (NAICS 5614).

Where Moody's Analytics files

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

Show all 5 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
New York, NY$146,52686
San Francisco, CA$162,21771
Omaha, NE$116,40025
Dallas, TX$152,43921
Seattle, WA$219,87411

Salary details

Median salary$149,000
Middle 50%$124.5k–$175.3k
vs. all employers+21%comparison median $122,699
Filings285FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,000 and $256,600.
PercentileSalary
10th$103,490
25th$124,524
50th (median)$149,000
75th$175,274
90th$202,590

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2020: median $119,672 (91 filings) FY2021: median $120,659 (114 filings) FY2022: median $134,250 (158 filings) FY2023: median $134,925 (130 filings) FY2024: median $135,844 (145 filings) FY2025: median $150,191 (169 filings) FY2026: median $146,355 (116 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 91 filings FY20 FY2021: 114 filings FY21 FY2022: 158 filings FY22 FY2023: 130 filings FY23 FY2024: 145 filings FY24 FY2025: 169 filings FY25 FY2026: 116 filings FY26 169
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$119,672$97,221$137,43691
FY2021$120,659$90,227$135,550114
FY2022$134,250$106,492$152,396158
FY2023$134,925$118,637$154,840130
FY2024$135,844$111,487$154,470145
FY2025$150,191$125,000$171,396169
FY2026$146,355$122,064$175,963116

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$149,000
Median prevailing wage$123,656
Median difference+15.1%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage1%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

Job titles at Moody's Analytics

Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Senior Software Engineer$152,358$136.6k–$164.9k43
Staff Software Engineer$179,667$166.8k–$192.2k31
Asst Dir QA Engineer$113,700$104.9k–$126k19
Asst Dir Analytics Modeling$143,635$137.7k–$146.3k10
Software Engineer$111,847$103.8k–$125k10

Job titles as written on the filings, with at least 10 filings. Middle 50%: 25th–75th percentile.

About Moody's Analytics

Moody's Analytics's filings list its industry as Business Support Services (Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services sector, NAICS 5614). Its main U.S. filing address is in New York, NY and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Quantitative Analyst and Data Scientist and the main metro areas are New York, NY, San Francisco, CA and Omaha, NE. The most common wage level in those years is Level II (mid-level).

Founded
2007
Headquarters
New York City
Employees
1,400

Company facts on this page: Wikidata. Salary data: U.S. Department of Labor.

Questions

Does Moody's Analytics sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Moody's Analytics filed 285 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Moody's Analytics pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Moody's Analytics's H-1B filings is $149,000; half of filings fall between $124,524 and $175,274. Bonus and stock are not included.