City of Milwaukee / DPW - Sewer - Environmental
Agency file
The DPW - Sewer - Environmental protects natural resources and the environment — conservation, parks and wildlife, and environmental regulation.
In 2025, this agency had 43 employees with median total compensation of $83,713; the highest distinct record was $166,851.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 43 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($83,713) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $116,413 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $18,067. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
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
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 7 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $1.8M — | 38 — | $47,529 — |
| 2020 | $1.5M ▼ 13.6% | 25 ▼ 34.2% | $57,811 ▲ 21.6% |
| 2021 | $2.2M ▲ 45.8% | 36 ▲ 44.0% | $63,391 ▲ 9.7% |
| 2022 | $2.3M ▲ 2.6% | 41 ▲ 13.9% | $55,501 ▼ 12.4% |
| 2023 | $2.3M ▲ 0.2% | 38 ▼ 7.3% | $65,514 ▲ 18.0% |
| 2024 | $2.9M ▲ 28.5% | 38 ±0% | $79,940 ▲ 22.0% |
| 2025 | $3.4M ▲ 17.1% | 43 ▲ 13.2% | $83,713 ▲ 4.7% |
Record list
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Civil Engineer III/DPW - Sewer - Environmental
Source-specific fields
At DPW - Sewer - Environmental, Chad Haehle serves as a Civil Engineer III. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $104,946.