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Madison, WI

Madison, WI is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 110 tracked employers at a $109,333 median H-1B wage across 2,174 LCAs.

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110
Employers
$109,333
Median H-1B wage
2,174
H-1B filings

Madison, WI: 110 tracked employers at a $109,333 median H-1B wage across 2,174 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Madison, WI (WI), PlainEmployers rolls up 110 employers at a $109,333 disclosed median with 4 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 110 employers
  • $109,333 median H-1B
  • 2,174 H-1B LCAs
  • 4 WARN employers

Where Madison, WI's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$109,333 Top 63% higher than 37% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Madison, WI $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Madison, WI (110 employers) sits beside Milwaukee, WI, Waukesha, WI, Appleton, WI in WI's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Madison, WI ranks #106 of 6906 by employer count (about the 98th percentile).

Milwaukee, WI 77 Waukesha, WI 34 Appleton, WI 15 Green Bay, WI 15 Middleton, WI 15 Brookfield, WI 14
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceManufacturingEducational ServicesFinance & Insurance

What the data says about Madison, WI

Corpus placement: Madison, WI ranks #106 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 98th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 62 of 110 tracked employers (~56%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: University of Wisconsin System, Htc Global Services INC., and Atos Syntel INC (813 filings combined, ~37% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Madison, WI: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 4 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: University of Wisconsin System, Htc Global Services INC., and Atos Syntel INC, together 813 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Madison, WI reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 56% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

University of Wisconsin System plus Htc Global Services INC. account for about 37% of Madison, WI's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Madison, WI, 4 carry WARN Act history (13 notices, about 3,495 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within WI, Madison, WI is among denser labor markets versus Milwaukee, WI (77 employers); Waukesha, WI (34 employers); Appleton, WI (15 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

WARN layoff activity in Madison, WI

4 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 13 WARN notices , naming about 3,495 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Madison, WI

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1University of Wisconsin SystemEducational Services346$80,000
2Htc Global Services INC.Professional & Technical Services302$109,283
3Atos Syntel INCProfessional & Technical Services165$102,385
4Xilinx, Inc.Manufacturing164$179,473
5PPD Development, L.P.Professional & Technical Services55$153,986
6Yotta Systems, INC.Professional & Technical Services51$113,000
7ServiceTitan, Inc.Professional & Technical Services46$195,000
8Jean Martin INCProfessional & Technical Services41$105,373
9Coolsoft LLCProfessional & Technical Services39$105,040
10Paramount Software Solutions INCProfessional & Technical Services38$104,239
11American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.36$151,628
12Hyatt CorporationAccommodation & Food Services33$146,717
13Kingston Technologies INCProfessional & Technical Services33$94,682
14Isr Info Way, INC.Professional & Technical Services33$114,000
15USM Business Sytems IncProfessional & Technical Services30$114,672
16Drexel UniversityEducational Services26$73,167
17Encore Consulting Services IncProfessional & Technical Services25$97,386
18Only IT Consulting LLCProfessional & Technical Services25$102,908
19Code Ace Solutions, Inc.Professional & Technical Services25$120,000
20MB IT Associates, LLCProfessional & Technical Services25$110,012
21Symphony CorporationProfessional & Technical Services25$128,960
22Biztegy Analytics, IncProfessional & Technical Services24$86,424
23Zappos.com LLC24$152,700
24SoftCorp International, Inc.Professional & Technical Services22$113,000
25Robotics Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services19$70,793
Sources, citation, and related links for Madison, WI

Disclaimer: The Madison, WI overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Madison, WI from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.