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Mastercard Headquarters & offices · Purchase, New York
Mastercard · Purchase, New York
An I. M. Pei-designed headquarters with its own salon, gym and shuttle from Manhattan — plus 25 vacation days and four weeks a year to work from elsewhere.
The buildings, the perks and 60 years of office history — then the pay. Every number from Mastercard's own filings, careers site, newsroom and the architects' pages.
- 472,600 sq ftthree-story headquarters in Purchase
- 16 weeksminimum new parent leave
- 4,000 → 39,800people, 2002 → 2025
- $124,650median employee pay, 2025
Sources: Form 10-K 2002 and 2025 · Proxy statement 2026 · careers.mastercard.com (benefits, Purchase office) · Mastercard job posting R-286989
Companies / United States / Payments / Mastercard
THE GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS · PURCHASE, NEW YORK
A three-story I. M. Pei building with a salon, a gym and a shuttle from Manhattan
Mastercard owns its headquarters at 2000 Purchase Street, a three-story building of 472,600 sq ft that Pei Cobb Freed & Partners lists as its “IBM Corporate Office Building (now MasterCard Global HQ)”. Inside, the open-plan floors are organized into “neighborhoods” with plenty of meeting rooms and gathering areas. People get a cafeteria, a Starbucks, dry cleaning, a hair and nail salon, medical care and a fitness center with classes — and shuttle buses from Manhattan and from the White Plains and Rye train stations.
- 472,600 sq ft (≈ 43,906 m²)
- 3 stories
- Design: I. M. Pei / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
- Owned by Mastercard since 2000
- Shuttle from Manhattan
- On-site salon, gym and medical care
Facts: Form 10-K 2002 (size) · 2001 Form S-4 (purchase) · careers.mastercard.com, “Jobs in Purchase, New York” (workplace and perks) · Pei Cobb Freed & Partners project list.
The buildings
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Global Headquarters | 2000 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577 |
| North America Regional Headquarters | 100 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, NY 10577 |
| St. Louis Tech Hub (operations and data center) | 2200 Mastercard Boulevard, O'Fallon, MO 63368 |
| New York City Tech Hub | 150 5th Ave, New York, NY 10011 |
Source: mastercard.com, Global Locations · See them on the map ↓
Source: Form 10-K 2002 and 2009 (sizes) · 2001 Form S-4 (purchase) · Pei Cobb Freed & Partners project list · IA Interior Architects project page “Mastercard Tech Hub”
Benefits (United States)
25 days of vacation plus 5 personal days a year, pro-rated in the first year.
10 paid U.S. holidays, plus 80 hours of paid sick and safe time.
At least 16 weeks, for newborn, adopted and foster children.
10% retirement matching (401(k) or local plan) — Mastercard's global minimum is 10% of base pay.
Up to 20 days of paid bereavement leave.
Five paid volunteer days a year, plus matching gifts and donations for hours volunteered.
A four-week remote-work program, plus access to more than 130 offices worldwide.
Financial help with fertility treatment, adoption and surrogacy.
Source: Mastercard job posting R-286989 (U.S. benefits paragraph, 2026) · careers.mastercard.com/culture/benefits · Form 10-K 2025
Why people stay: what Mastercard itself says
About 6 in every 100 employees chose to leave over the 12 months to December 31, 2025.
A global minimum of 10% of base pay goes toward each employee's retirement.
A four-week “work from elsewhere” policy on top of hybrid work, averaging at least three office days a week.
Company-wide days with no meetings, every quarter.
Eligible employees across multiple job levels can receive long-term incentive equity awards.
Learning resources for all employees, leadership programs at several career levels and personalized coaching.
Source: Form 10-K 2025, “Our People” · careers.mastercard.com/benefits
Who works here
countries with Mastercard employees
contingent workers on top of employees
people at the St. Louis Tech Hub
total workforce cost in 2025
Source: Form 10-K 2025, “Our People” · careers.mastercard.com, St. Louis Tech Hub page
Pay at Mastercard
Includes base pay, incentive pay, long-term incentive awards and company pension contributions. The CEO's total compensation ($35.4M) was 284 times this amount.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 (CEO pay ratio disclosure)
Source: Mastercard job postings R-291095, R-291094 and R-286989 (careers.mastercard.com, Sept 2026). Base salary only; bonus may be on top.
U.S. companies don't have to report pay by age, and Mastercard doesn't. Pay by level, above, is the closest official number.
Compare Mastercard with: Visa
Office history: from a bank alliance to an I. M. Pei headquarters
- 1966 A group of banks founds the Interbank Card Association
On August 16, 1966, a group of U.S. banks set up a shared system for authorizing, clearing and settling card transactions. The association was run by member committees, not by one bank. It became Master Charge in 1969 and was renamed MasterCard in 1979.
Source: mastercard.com, “Mastercard at 60” (Aug 2026) and Brand History · Master Charge and 1979 years: Wikipedia
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1979 A new data center outside St. Louis
By 1971 card transactions for Interbank members in the region were being authorized in St. Louis — the middle of the country was handy for transactions from coast to coast. In 1979 it opened a new data center just outside the city with a staff of about 30.
Source: mastercard.com, “Mastercard at 60” (2026) · St. Louis Tech Hub story (May 2025)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1995 Into 2000 Purchase Street
Mastercard moved its global headquarters into a three-story, 472,600 sq ft building in Purchase, New York. I. M. Pei designed it in the early 1980s; IBM used it before Mastercard. Mastercard bought the building in the first quarter of 2000 for $70 million.
Source: 2001 Form S-4 (size, purchase) · Pei Cobb Freed & Partners project list · move-in year: Wikipedia
2000 Purchase Street from the air, 1991 · United States Geological Survey (USGS) / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 2001 Winghaven: a 528,000 sq ft operations center in O'Fallon
In the second quarter of 2001 Mastercard moved its main operations center into “Winghaven”, a new 528,000 sq ft technology and operations center in O'Fallon, Missouri, built on a former turkey farm. It replaced four leased St. Louis centers totaling 361,000 sq ft.
Source: 2001 Form S-4 · Form 10-K 2002 · Mastercard newsroom story, May 2025
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2001 A second building in Purchase
In December 2001 Mastercard added 100 Manhattanville Road in Purchase, near the headquarters. It is the North America regional headquarters today.
Source: mastercard.com, Global Locations · acquisition date: Wikipedia
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2019 O'Fallon becomes Mastercard-owned
The O'Fallon center was leased (lease renewed from March 2009). By the end of 2019 Mastercard owned both its headquarters and its main technology and operations center.
Source: Form 10-K 2009, 2018 and 2019, Item 2
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - Today One 11-story Tech Hub for New York City
Mastercard brought its several New York City offices together in one 11-story, 214,000 sq ft Tech Hub at 150 Fifth Avenue, with a Customer Experience Center, wellness rooms and a rooftop terrace.
Source: IA Interior Architects project page · careers.mastercard.com, New York City office
150 Fifth Avenue, New York · Beyond My Ken / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2025 A solar farm next to the data center
Mastercard bought 40 acres next to the St. Louis Tech Hub and used part of the land for a solar farm, adding to the panels over the parking lot, to run its largest data center on renewable energy.
Source: Mastercard newsroom, St. Louis Tech Hub story (May 7, 2025)
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| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-4 2001 | 472,600 | 43,906 | HQ, Purchase (owned) |
| S-4 2001 | 361,000 | 33,538 | Four leased St. Louis operations centers (being replaced) |
| 10-K 2002 | 528,000 | 49,053 | Winghaven, O'Fallon (leased) |
| 10-K 2016 | ≈ 500,000 | ≈ 46,452 | HQ, Purchase; O'Fallon also ≈ 500,000 sq ft |
Map: how the headquarters moved
Mastercard's two homes have stayed put for 25 years: the head office in the hamlet of Purchase in Westchester County, north of New York City, and the operations center in O'Fallon, outside St. Louis, where the network has been run since the 1970s.
- 1 · 2001St. Louis Tech Hub, O'Fallon, Missouri — 2200 Mastercard Blvd — operations center and largest data center
- 2 · 2001100 Manhattanville Road, Purchase — North America regional headquarters
- 3 · TodayNYC Tech Hub, 150 Fifth Avenue — 11 stories, 214,000 sq ft, consolidating the city offices
- 4 · 1995 – today2000 Purchase Street, Purchase, New York — Global headquarters, designed by I. M. Pei
Addresses: mastercard.com Global Locations · Form 10-K · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What Mastercard does
Mastercard doesn't issue cards or lend money. It runs the network that connects banks, merchants and cardholders in more than 220 countries and territories, and earns fees on the payments it switches — plus a fast-growing business in security, data and other services.
One reportable segment, “Payment Solutions”. Revenue comes from the payment network ($19.5B in 2025) and value-added services and solutions ($13.3B).
Where the money came from · Net revenue by region, 2025
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Item 1 and Note (net revenue by geographic region)
Source: Form 10-K 2025 (2025 highlights) · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$10.8B → $32.8B
11,900 → 39,800
Fiscal years end December 31. Net revenue: SEC XBRL financial data from Mastercard's 10-K filings. Employees (approximate, December 31): Form 10-K for each year. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Joined Mastercard in 2010; President and CEO since 2021. Also on the board of IBM.
President and CEO from July 2010 through 2020.
President and CEO through the 2001–2002 conversion and the 2006 IPO.
Founded on August 16, 1966 by a group of U.S. banks as the Interbank Card Association.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · mastercard.com executive bio · Form 10-K 2010 and 2020 (exhibits) · 2001 Form S-4
Mastercard: questions people ask
Where is Mastercard's headquarters?
At 2000 Purchase Street in Purchase, New York, in Westchester County. Mastercard owns the building. Its North America regional headquarters is nearby at 100 Manhattanville Road.
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · mastercard.com Global Locations
Who designed Mastercard's headquarters?
I. M. Pei. Pei Cobb Freed & Partners lists it as the “IBM Corporate Office Building (now MasterCard Global HQ)” — IBM used the building before Mastercard.
Source: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners project list
How big is Mastercard's headquarters?
A three-story building of 472,600 sq ft (≈ 43,906 m²), described in later annual reports as about 500,000 sq ft. Mastercard bought it in early 2000 for $70 million.
Source: Form 10-K 2002 and 2016 · 2001 Form S-4
What is it like to work at the Purchase headquarters?
Open-plan floors arranged in “neighborhoods”, a cafeteria and Starbucks, dry cleaning, a hair and nail salon, medical care, a fitness center with classes, EV chargers, and shuttle buses from Manhattan and from the White Plains and Rye train stations.
Source: careers.mastercard.com, Jobs in Purchase, New York
Does Mastercard allow hybrid or remote work?
Yes. Mastercard uses a hybrid approach with an average of at least three days a week in the office, a four-week “work from elsewhere” policy and company-wide meeting-free days.
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · careers.mastercard.com/benefits
What benefits does Mastercard offer in the U.S.?
25 vacation days plus 5 personal days, 10 paid holidays, 80 hours of sick time, at least 16 weeks of new parent leave, up to 20 days of bereavement leave, a 401(k) with 10% retirement matching, and 5 paid volunteer days.
Source: Mastercard job posting R-286989 · careers.mastercard.com/benefits
How much do Mastercard employees make?
The median employee's total compensation was $124,650 in 2025. 2026 U.S. postings list base salaries of $106,000–$169,000 for a Software Engineer II and $168,000–$277,000 for a Lead Software Engineer in New York City.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · job postings R-291095 and R-286989
How many people work at Mastercard?
About 39,800 at the end of 2025, about 70% of them outside the U.S. in more than 90 countries, plus about 6,000 contingent workers. Voluntary turnover was about 6%.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
What is in O'Fallon, Missouri?
Mastercard's St. Louis Tech Hub: the global operations center, its largest data center, a forensics lab and more than 4,000 employees. It opened in 2001 on a former turkey farm.
Source: careers.mastercard.com, St. Louis · Mastercard newsroom, May 2025
Who is Mastercard's CEO?
Michael Miebach, who joined Mastercard in 2010 and has been President and CEO since 2021. He succeeded Ajay Banga.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · mastercard.com executive bio
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