Metro area · WI

Milwaukee, WI

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 80 employers in the Milwaukee, WI metro.

80
Employers
$113,110
Median H-1B wage
386
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Milwaukee, WI, WI aggregates 80 tracked employers at a $113,110 median H-1B wage and 386 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Manufacturing.

80
employers
$113,110
median H-1B wage
386
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingHealthcare & Social AssistanceEducational ServicesFinance & InsuranceManagement of Companies

What the data says about this metro

Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.

Milwaukee, WI, WI aggregates 80 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $113,110, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare & Social Assistance. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., and Milwaukee Board of School Directors, together 134 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.

Employer mix in Milwaukee, WI

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Manufacturing is the largest tracked sector in Milwaukee, WI, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Milwaukee, WI

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Finance & Insurance 70 $134,962
2 Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. Educational Services 32 $211,444
3 Milwaukee Board of School Directors Educational Services 32 $52,882
4 Rockwell Automation, Inc. Manufacturing 30 $160,973
5 Ryder System, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 17 $119,216
6 SMBC MANUBANK Finance & Insurance 15 $151,070
7 TEKNATIO INC Professional & Technical Services 15 $92,007
8 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Educational Services 15 $75,166
9 GATEWAY SOLUTIONS, INC. Professional & Technical Services 14 $99,757
10 Nycasoft, Inc Professional & Technical Services 10 $101,067
11 Komatsu America Corp. Manufacturing 8 $115,065
12 FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation Manufacturing 8 $103,790
13 Regal Rexnord Corporation Manufacturing 8 $156,575
14 YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Construction 8 $92,256
15 SAAP TECH SOLUTIONS, LLC Professional & Technical Services 7 $104,152
16 FlexTrade Systems, Inc. Information & Media 7 $123,714
17 Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation Finance & Insurance 6 $110,439
18 Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated Finance & Insurance 6 $134,342
19 Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC Management of Companies 5 $115,428
20 Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Information & Media 5 $126,100
21 Cooper Power Systems, LLC Manufacturing 5 $122,381
22 DIRECT SUPPLY, INC. Wholesale Trade 5 $114,821
23 Joy Global Surface Mining, Inc. Manufacturing 5 $136,347
24 Marquette University Educational Services 5 $86,724
25 Milwaukee School of Engineering Educational Services 5 $83,000

What this means if you work in Milwaukee, WI

Use Milwaukee, WI's $113,110 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.

  • A same-role H-1B offer well below $113,110 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 80 tracked employers.
  • Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
  • Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs

Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.