Entry-level Middle School Teacher salary in Milwaukee, WI

Based on 52 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Greenfield.

Also listed as: Middle School Math Teacher

Median salary$54,386
Middle 50%$51.9k–$54.4k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $54,386
Filings52FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $49,140 and $55,010.
PercentileSalary
10th$51,889
25th$51,889
50th (median)$54,386
75th$54,386
90th$54,386

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $50k $60k FY2022: median $46,144 (13 filings) FY2023: median $49,860 (80 filings) FY2024: median $52,770 (88 filings) FY2025: median $51,889 (19 filings) FY2026: median $54,386 (33 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 80 filings FY23 FY2024: 88 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 33 filings FY26 88
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–––1
FY2021–––1
FY2022$46,144$45,310$46,14413
FY2023$49,860$46,810$49,86080
FY2024$52,770$49,836$52,77088
FY2025$51,889$51,889$51,88919
FY2026$54,386$54,386$54,38633

Cost of living

Milwaukee's median entry-level Middle School Teacher salary of $54,386 is worth about $56,100 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Milwaukee, WI area earned a median of $64,360 in May 2025 (3,310 employed). The H-1B median here is $54,386, 15% lower.

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
Milwaukee Board of School Directors$54,38649
Institute of Technology and Academicstoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $54,386 52
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$50,250$54,38652

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.