Fire - Support Services Bureau

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

The Fire - Support Services Bureau provides fire protection and emergency response, including prevention, inspection, rescue, and medical aid.

In 2025, this agency had 58 employees with median total compensation of $83,494; the highest distinct record was $192,938.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $5.3M
Employees: 58
Median total: $83,494
Highest record: $192,938

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$15,636$187,308+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 58 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($83,494) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $2,557 (3%)
Other — $88,686 (97%)
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

$55,057

$65,166

$83,494

$113,442

$141,724

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $141,724 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $55,057. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Emergency Vehicle Mechanic 3

6 · $87,608

Emergency Vehicle Mechanic 4

3 · $120,751

HVAC Maintenance Technician 4

2 · $135,636

Facilities Manager

2 · $135,035

IT Support Specialist-Senior

2 · $111,736

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	$5.1M —	83 —	$60,075 —
2020	$5.3M ▲ 4.1%	86 ▲ 3.6%	$60,023 ▼ 0.1%
2021	$5.1M ▼ 2.6%	82 ▼ 4.7%	$62,027 ▲ 3.3%
2022	$3.7M ▼ 28.2%	65 ▼ 20.7%	$51,136 ▼ 17.6%
2023	$3.6M ▼ 1.5%	53 ▼ 18.5%	$63,750 ▲ 24.7%
2024	$4.6M ▲ 27.9%	56 ▲ 5.7%	$80,124 ▲ 25.7%
2025	$5.3M ▲ 14.1%	58 ▲ 3.6%	$83,494 ▲ 4.2%

Record list

Employees

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Mark Rohlfing

Fire Chief/Fire - Support Services Bureau

2020 total comp

$168,842

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $168,842
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $168,842
Hourly rate: $71
Employment type: Full-Time

Source-specific fields

Agency Code: 3282
Comp Time: 0.00
Job Code: 5802
Sick Payout: $17,000
Termination Date: Oct 30, 2020
Vacation Payout: $18,134

Mark Rohlfing holds the role of Fire Chief at Fire - Support Services Bureau. Their status is full-time. In 2020, their total compensation was $168,842.