Nineteen companies have been named Top Workplaces for southeastern Wisconsin for the first time.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel partnered with Energage, a Pennsylvania-based research firm, to survey nearly 3,000 employees across 222 companies in southeast Wisconsin. Of those companies, 164 were chosen as a 2026 Top Workplace.

Companies are divided into three categories: small companies, with 50 to 149 employees; midsize companies, with 150 to 499 employees; and large companies, with 500 or more employees.
First-time honorees include the Oneida ESC Group, a Milwaukee-based engineering-science-construction organization owned by the Oneida Nation. The firm was founded in 2012 and has 50 employees in southeast Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee School of Engineering also made Top Workplaces for the first time. The private university ranked 34th in the large division.
Other first-time Top Workplaces recipients include:
Large division:
Midsize division:
Small division:
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 19 companies are first time Top Workplaces for southeastern Wisconsin
Reporting by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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