Metro area · WI

Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee, WI spreads H-1B hiring across 7+ sectors (77 employers, $115,446 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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77
Employers
$115,446
Median H-1B wage
766
H-1B filings

Milwaukee, WI: 77 tracked employers at a $115,446 median H-1B wage across 766 LCAs; Manufacturing leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Milwaukee, WI (WI), PlainEmployers rolls up 77 employers at a $115,446 disclosed median with 2 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 77 employers
  • $115,446 median H-1B
  • 766 H-1B LCAs
  • 2 WARN employers

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

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

$115,446 Top 57% higher than 43% 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. Milwaukee, 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

Milwaukee, WI (77 employers) sits beside Madison, 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, Milwaukee, WI ranks #152 of 6906 by employer count (about the 98th percentile).

Madison, WI 110 Waukesha, WI 34 Appleton, WI 15 Green Bay, WI 15 Middleton, WI 15 Brookfield, WI 14

What the data says about Milwaukee, WI

Corpus placement: Milwaukee, WI ranks #152 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 98th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Manufacturing leads with 14 of 77 tracked employers (~18%); next sectors in the mix are Professional & Technical Services and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Milwaukee Board of School Directors, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (303 filings combined, ~40% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Milwaukee, WI: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 2 employers with WARN history.

Milwaukee, WI reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Manufacturing) is only ~18% of tracked employers across 7 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Same-state context for Milwaukee, WI: Madison, WI (110 employers); Waukesha, WI (34 employers); Appleton, WI (15 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

Employer mix in Milwaukee, WI

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Milwaukee, WI has no runaway sector: Manufacturing leads at only ~18% across 7 named industries.

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

Top employers in Milwaukee, WI

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Milwaukee Board of School DirectorsEducational Services114$54,386
2Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance CompanyFinance & Insurance110$142,884
3Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.Educational Services79$85,000
4Rockwell Automation, Inc.Manufacturing59$148,000
5Smbc ManubankFinance & Insurance24$126,818
6Teknatio INCProfessional & Technical Services24$77,418
7Gateway Solutions, INC.Professional & Technical Services23$105,500
8Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center20$84,383
9Marquette UniversityEducational Services20$117,576
10York International CORPORATIONConstruction20$87,516
11Kohler Co.19$110,448
12Ryder System, Inc.Professional & Technical Services17$119,216
13FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas CorporationManufacturing15$113,922
14Nycasoft, IncProfessional & Technical Services15$109,845
15University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeEducational Services15$75,166
16Regal Rexnord CorporationManufacturing14$132,377
17FlexTrade Systems, Inc.Information & Media12$150,000
18Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLCManagement of Companies9$121,056
19Saap Tech Solutions, LLCProfessional & Technical Services9$128,825
20Milwaukee School of EngineeringEducational Services9$85,000
21Komatsu America Corp.Manufacturing8$115,065
22Cooper Power Systems, LLCManufacturing8$110,000
23Brady Worldwide, Inc.Manufacturing8$124,883
24Mortgage Guaranty Insurance CorporationFinance & Insurance8$150,339
25Joy Global Surface Mining, Inc.Manufacturing7$147,290

PlainEmployers renders Milwaukee, 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.