Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Analyst jobs
Generalist NYC pool or direct-to-group, a $110K base — and a 2027 window that ran January 1 to February 15.
The Investment Banking Analyst role
Morgan Stanley summer analysts take on full-time analyst responsibilities: building models, analyzing comparative financial performance, drafting marketing memoranda and supporting M&A and financing execution. Training is division-specific, covering financial analysis, accounting and valuation. Candidates either interview directly with a group or join the New York Generalist pool, where group placement is handled in a structured process at onboarding.
Class size is not published. The New York Generalist program covers Consumer Retail, Financial Sponsors, Healthcare, Industrials, Media & Communications, M&A, Power & Energy, Technology and Transportation, with group placement during onboarding; FIG, Latin America, Private Capital Advisory, Real Estate, Corporate Separations, Shareholder Activism and several Houston, Menlo Park and San Francisco groups are direct-hire..
Morgan Stanley IB analyst salary
Base: the 2027 US IB Summer Analyst posting states an expected base of $52.89/hour, about $110,000 a year at 2,080 hours (the annualization is ours; the 2026 posting also said $52.89/hr and the 2024 posting $52.88/hr). levels.fyi (US analyst level, n=21) shows a median base of $110,000, median total $145,500 and median bonus $35,500. All-in: Mergers & Inquisitions’ 2026 report (updated Jul 8, 2026), New York large-bank analyst total compensation, 25th–75th percentile — an industry range, not Morgan Stanley-specific.
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