Senior IT Manager salary in Milwaukee, WI

Based on 18 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Waukesha, Brookfield, West Bend, Menomonee Falls, Franklin.

Also listed as: Engineering Manager, Technical Program Manager

Median salary$186,316
Middle 50%$169.4k–$199.3k
vs. all levels here−1%comparison median $188,631
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $160,884 and $223,004.
PercentileSalary
10th$165,639
25th$169,435
50th (median)$186,316
75th$199,285
90th$219,759

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $155k $200k FY2020: median $127,899 (12 filings) FY2021: median $158,600 (11 filings) FY2022: median $160,000 (12 filings) FY2024: median $186,381 (14 filings) FY2025: median $184,000 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 12 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 14
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$127,899$127,899$135,10212
FY2021$158,600$148,249$181,43911
FY2022$160,000$152,021$162,10512
FY2023–––7
FY2024$186,381$177,524$209,68314
FY2025$184,000$167,580$194,94313
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Milwaukee's median senior IT Manager salary of $186,316 is worth about $192,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Milwaukee = 96.9).

Compared with all workers here

All Computer and Information Systems Managers in the Milwaukee, WI area earned a median of $161,220 in May 2025 (2,520 employed). The H-1B median here is $186,316, 16% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
EYtoo few7
Ge Precision Healthcaretoo few3
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Companytoo few3
Ge Medical Systemstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $151,500 19
Senior · Level III $186,316 18
Expert · Level IV $223,100 25

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$135,803$151,50019
Senior · Level III$160,451$186,31618
Expert · Level IV$193,835$223,10025

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.