How much do Operations Research Analysts make in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI?

Percentile spread

For Operations Research Analysts, the published 10th percentile is $52,000 and the 90th percentile is $102,960. The difference is $50,960, which is 68.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $60,980 to the 75th at $82,780, covers $21,800.

The mean annual wage is $76,940, which sits above the median of $74,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI median is 15.8% lower than the national median of $88,940 for Operations Research Analysts. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,215, which is 13.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.2% higher than the Wisconsin median of $71,820.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 96.937, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Operations Research Analysts at $77,215 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Operations Research Analysts. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ranks 8th of 18 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI is 10 miles away, with a median of $63,520 and employment of 40. That median is 15.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,194, against $77,215 here.
• Kenosha, WI is 22 miles away, with a median of $62,210 and employment of 60. That median is 16.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,522, against $77,215 here.
• Sheboygan, WI is 57 miles away, with a median of $74,420 and employment of 50. That median is 0.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,158, against $77,215 here.

Employment share

Operations Research Analysts accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI (1,310 of 820,780). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (108,510 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.29 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.