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
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
- Manufacturing
Manufacturing
14 employers
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
10 employers
- Educational Services
Educational Services
6 employers
- Finance & Insurance 5
Finance & Insurance
5 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 5
Healthcare & Social Assistance
5 employers
- Administrative & Waste Ser… 2
Administrative & Waste Services
2 employers
- Information & Media 2
Information & Media
2 employers
What this shows Manufacturing is the largest tracked sector in Milwaukee, WI, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Milwaukee, WI
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median 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.