Fire and Police Commission

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

The Fire and Police Commission provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.

In 2025, this agency had 35 employees with median total compensation of $79,391; the highest distinct record was $163,651.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $2.3M
Employees: 35
Median total: $79,391
Highest record: $163,651

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$5,686$139,275+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 35 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($79,391) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $73 (0%)
Other — $66,764 (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

$6,854

$79,391

$88,521

$112,723

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $112,723 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $6,854. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Fire and Police Community

9 · $6,854

Human Resources Representative

3 · $92,290

Fire and Police Community Investig

2 · $87,035

Recruiter

2 · $80,269

Fire and Police Commission Aud

2 · $79,962

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	$1.1M —	31 —	$41,163 —
2020	$1.1M ▼ 3.1%	26 ▼ 16.1%	$41,310 ▲ 0.4%
2021	$1.3M ▲ 19.2%	32 ▲ 23.1%	$43,350 ▲ 4.9%
2022	$1.5M ▲ 18.8%	36 ▲ 12.5%	$37,780 ▼ 12.8%
2023	$1.8M ▲ 17.1%	33 ▼ 8.3%	$64,084 ▲ 69.6%
2024	$2.1M ▲ 19.8%	36 ▲ 9.1%	$69,129 ▲ 7.9%
2025	$2.3M ▲ 10.5%	35 ▼ 2.8%	$79,391 ▲ 14.8%

Record list

Employees

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Michael Doherty

Fire and Police Community Audit Manager/Fire and Police Commission

2022 total comp

$25,114

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $25,114
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $25,114
Hourly rate: $37
Employment type: Full-Time

Source-specific fields

Agency Code: 3100
Comp Time: 0
Job Code: 4136
Termination Date: Apr 8, 2022
Vacation Payout: $1,246

Michael Doherty works as a Fire and Police Community Audit Manager for Fire and Police Commission. Their status is full-time. Michael earned $25,114 in 2022.