Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company salaries in Milwaukee, WI

Based on 121 certified H-1B filings by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$135,632
Middle 50%$122.3k–$150k
vs. all employers here+39%comparison median $97,438
Filings121FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $95,092 and $187,675.
PercentileSalary
10th$108,682
25th$122,300
50th (median)$135,632
75th$150,000
90th$163,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $120k $150k FY2020: median $110,000 (75 filings) FY2021: median $120,000 (107 filings) FY2022: median $120,000 (110 filings) FY2023: median $125,000 (72 filings) FY2024: median $127,109 (93 filings) FY2025: median $134,485 (70 filings) FY2026: median $139,880 (51 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 75 filings FY20 FY2021: 107 filings FY21 FY2022: 110 filings FY22 FY2023: 72 filings FY23 FY2024: 93 filings FY24 FY2025: 70 filings FY25 FY2026: 51 filings FY26 110
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$110,000$100,000$120,00075
FY2021$120,000$108,459$127,500107
FY2022$120,000$105,000$130,000110
FY2023$125,000$112,389$140,12572
FY2024$127,109$118,000$144,00093
FY2025$134,485$123,171$147,96770
FY2026$139,880$120,298$153,07851

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$134,93475
Systems Engineer / Architect$150,00011
IT Managertoo few8
Data Engineertoo few6
Data Scientisttoo few6
Information Security Analysttoo few5
QA Engineertoo few4
Quantitative Analysttoo few2

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in Milwaukee, WI.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 8
Mid-level · Level II $127,000 19
Senior · Level III $135,000 31
Expert · Level IV $145,800 47

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.