Exactly 9,420 of the 39,200 hospitality professionals employed in Wisconsin, work in Milwaukee. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of hospitality professionals in Milwaukee has shrunk by 12%. As the number of hospitality professionals in Milwaukee has decreased, overall employment in Milwaukee has increased.

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As the number of hospitality professionals in Milwaukee has shrunk, salaries for hospitality professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $33,261 per year was earned by hospitality professionals in Milwaukee. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for hospitality professionals in Milwaukee was $32,476 per year. The growth in the salary of hospitality professionals in Milwaukee is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Hospitality professionals make a median salary of $32,797 per year in Milwaukee. The difference in pay between the hospitality professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 109%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $21,714 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $45,457 per year.

Milwaukee hospitality professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There is only one accredited hospitality school in the city. Many of Milwaukee's hospitality professionals are graduates of this school.

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in hospitality offered by Milwaukee's hospitality schools.

In 2010 approximately 4 students completed hospitality courses.