Moody's Investors Service Salaries

43 total salary submissions
Avg. Hours Worked (72%)

The average hours worked chart shows the distribution of average hours worked per week generated based on the Compensation data at this company.

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Relative Compensation (62%)

The Relative Compensation is a score from 1 star (very bad) to 5 stars (excellent) generated based on the Company Reviews of current and former employees at this company based on relative pay.

The number you see in the middle of the donut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

2.5
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  • 4 Stars
  • 5 Stars

Average Moody's Investors Service Salary

3.1
Total Median Pay
$94,974
Median Base Pay
$84,500
Median Bonus Pay
$10,474

How much does Moody's Investors Service pay?

Base range:
$70,000 - $115,000

For this salary and bonus range, Low is the 10th Percentile and High is the 90th Percentile. These ranges are from employer specific salaries submitted by WSO members.

Bonus range:
$3,000 - $20,000

Moody's Investors Service pays an average salary of $84,500 per year. This base compensation is the equivalent of $42 per hour assuming a 40 hour work week (2,000 hours per year). The actual average hours worked per week at Moody's Investors Service based on our data is actually 47 hours, which would bring down the true effective hourly rate to $37 on average. If you include the average bonus of $10,474, then the total average pay at Moody's Investors Service would be $94,974 per year or $42 per hour at the 47 hour work week.

There's a wide range between what the company pays the top 20 percent and the bottom 20 percent of earners. This is largely dependent on seniority and location. Moody's Investors Service pays the highest-paid employees over $122,000 a year, while the lowest-paid employees are paid less than $76,082. Moody's Investors Service employees in different groups or divisions tend to have different salaries as well.For example, employees in the Credit Risk sector earn an average yearly salary of $105,500.While employees in the Generalist sector earn an average yearly salary of $64,200.

Moody's Investors Service Salaries

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Highest Paying Jobs at Moody's Investors Service

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Vice President
Year 2022
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division N/A
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $215,000/yr
Bonus $85,000
Other
Year 2021
Job Title Other
Group/Division Structured Products
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $148,000/yr
Bonus $50,000
1st Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $117,000/yr
Bonus $21,000
1st Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $115,000/yr
Bonus $20,000
1st Year Associate
Year 2024
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Debt Capital Markets
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $105,000/yr
Bonus $20,000
3rd+ Year Analyst
Year 2025
Job Title 3rd+ Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $95,000/yr
Bonus $20,000
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Leveraged Finance
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $115,000/yr
Bonus $15,000
2nd Year Associate
Year 2019
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Securities
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $114,000/yr
Bonus $15,000
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $91,500/yr
Bonus $14,000
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $110,000/yr
Bonus $12,000

Average Pay by City for Moody's Investors Service

Below we use 43 salary submissions to order the is the total average compensation by city for Moody's Investors Service. Cost of living across the world varies a lot, so this data gives you a sense if there are significant adjustments for higher cost of living. Looking at the WSO data, the city with the highest average salary is New York, where employees earn an average salary of $95,000.

Salaries by Location at Moody's Investors Service

Rank
City
Total pay Range
Range of $/hr
New York
Rank 1
City New York
Total pay Range $76,014 - $110,000
Range of $/hr $38/hr - $55/hr

Moody's Investors Service Salaries by Department

Salaries at Moody's Investors Service depend on the group, division, department or function. Employees who work in the Credit Risk group tend to get paid the most at at Moody's Investors Service, earning an average yearly salary of $105,500. Employees in the Debt Capital Markets receive relatively high salaries as well, where wages average $89,148 per year. A division that does not pay as well at Moody's Investors Service includes the Generalist group, with employees earning $64,200 on average.

Rank
Department
Average Pay
Average Hourly Pay
Credit Risk
Rank 1
Department Credit Risk
Average Pay $105,500
Average Hourly Pay $53/hr
Debt Capital Markets
Rank 2
Department Debt Capital Markets
Average Pay $89,148
Average Hourly Pay $45/hr
Structured Products
Rank 3
Department Structured Products
Average Pay $83,000
Average Hourly Pay $42/hr
Credit
Rank 4
Department Credit
Average Pay $83,000
Average Hourly Pay $42/hr
Generalist
Rank 5
Department Generalist
Average Pay $64,200
Average Hourly Pay $32/hr

Recently Added Moody's Investors Service Salaries

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
3rd+ Year Analyst
Year 2025
Job Title 3rd+ Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $95,000/yr
Bonus $20,000
1st Year Associate
Year 2024
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Debt Capital Markets
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $105,000/yr
Bonus $20,000
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2024
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $96,000/yr
Bonus $12,000
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location new york
Pay Rate/Type $90,000/yr
Bonus $5,000
Other
Year 2023
Job Title Other
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type $105,000/yr
Bonus $12,000
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