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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-04-28</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000871763</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MANPOWER INC /WI/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MAN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001102771</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MENDOZA ROBERTO G</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>MANPOWER INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>100 MANPOWER PLACE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MILWAUKEE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>53212</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Deferred Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-04-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1610</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>42.03</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1610</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">1,010 of the shares of deferred stock will vest on June 30, 2009 and the balance will vest in equal installmants on September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2009 and will be settled in shares of Manpower common stock on a 1 for 1 basis on the earlier of April 28, 2012, or within 30 days after the reporting person's termination of service as a director, except as otherwise provided in the Terms and Conditions (as defined below).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Grant of deferred stock under the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan of Manpower Inc. and the Terms and Conditions regarding the Grant of Awards to Non-Employee Directors under the Plan (Amended and Restated effective January 1, 2008)(the &quot;Terms and Conditions&quot;)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the Closing Price of Manpower Inc. common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 27, 2009.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kenneth C. Hunt (pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-04-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
