Der - Administration

Source file: City of Milwaukee — Employee Salaries / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Der - Administration provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2025, this agency had 9 employees with median total compensation of $67,396; the highest distinct record was $159,551.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $551.5K
Employees: 9
Median total: $67,396
Highest record: $159,551

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$4,362$159,551+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 9 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($67,396) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $61,277 (100%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$4,362

$67,396

$97,514

$127,253

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $127,253 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $4,362. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

City Service Community

5 · $4,362

Employee Relations Director

2 · $143,402

Marketing and Community Officer

1 · $97,514

Administrative Support Specialist

1 · $67,396

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 7 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2019	$344K —	9 —	$4,200 —
2020	$357K ▲ 3.8%	9 ±0%	$4,200 ±0%
2021	$312.2K ▼ 12.5%	9 ±0%	$4,200 ±0%
2022	$348.7K ▲ 11.7%	11 ▲ 22.2%	$41,263 ▲ 882.4%
2023	$540.6K ▲ 55.0%	11 ±0%	$55,187 ▲ 33.7%
2024	$515K ▼ 4.7%	9 ▼ 18.2%	$63,976 ▲ 15.9%
2025	$551.5K ▲ 7.1%	9 ±0%	$67,396 ▲ 5.3%

Record list

Employees

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Harper Donahue Iv

Employee Relations Director/Der - Administration

2025 total comp

$127,253

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $127,253
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $127,253
Hourly rate: $81
Employment type: Full-Time

Source-specific fields

Agency Code: 1651
Comp Time: 0.00
Job Code: 5800
Termination Date: Aug 8, 2025
Vacation Payout: $12,464

Harper Donahue Iv holds the role of Employee Relations Director at Der - Administration. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $127,253.