City of Milwaukee / Dpw-Water-Linnwood
Agency file
The Dpw-Water-Linnwood operates public utilities and infrastructure such as water, power, sanitation, or energy services.
In 2025, this agency had 51 employees with median total compensation of $93,693; the highest distinct record was $171,195.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 51 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($93,693) — 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 $128,631 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $29,698. 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 | $2.7M — | 45 — | $65,815 — |
| 2020 | $2.8M ▲ 2.7% | 43 ▼ 4.4% | $68,825 ▲ 4.6% |
| 2021 | $3M ▲ 9.2% | 44 ▲ 2.3% | $74,822 ▲ 8.7% |
| 2022 | $2.9M ▼ 5.7% | 43 ▼ 2.3% | $74,091 ▼ 1.0% |
| 2023 | $2.9M ▲ 0.7% | 39 ▼ 9.3% | $78,693 ▲ 6.2% |
| 2024 | $3.7M ▲ 28.3% | 42 ▲ 7.7% | $88,903 ▲ 13.0% |
| 2025 | $4.4M ▲ 19.4% | 51 ▲ 21.4% | $93,693 ▲ 5.4% |
Record list
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Water Plants Operations Manager/Dpw-Water-Linnwood
Source-specific fields
At Dpw-Water-Linnwood, John Bielinski serves as a Water Plants Operations Manager. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $148,097.