Physician Salary in Wisconsin (2026)

Worth knowing: Marshfield Clinic Health System is the country's earliest large multi-specialty group practice in continuous operation and a feature most national physician-compensation surveys understate for WI. Marshfield Clinic (~13K employees including ~1,200 physicians, ~11 hospitals + 60+ clinic sites across rural WI, founded 1916 as one of the country's earliest multi-specialty group practices on the model later adopted by Mayo Clinic) operates substantial integrated multi-specialty practice across cardiology + oncology + neurology + transplant + rural primary care — Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (founded 1959, ~$50M+ annual NIH funding) is one of the largest rural-focused medical research institutes in the country. Senior Marshfield specialists clear $345-885K+ TC. Aurora Advocate Health (post-2018 merger ~$30B revenue across WI + IL, the country's 9th-largest non-profit health system) anchors WI metro + suburban medicine — Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center Milwaukee is consistently top-50 US heart hospital. Froedtert + MCW Milwaukee (Froedtert Hospital + Medical College of Wisconsin academic affiliation, ~33K combined employees) anchors academic medicine alongside UW Health Madison. WI joined IMLC in 2017 — among earlier-adopting states. WI's 7.65% top bracket catches senior subspecialty comp at $300K+ TC but is substantially lower than MN's 9.85% top — supporting better senior physician retention.