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City of Milwaukee / Health-Policy Innovation & Engineer

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Health-Policy Innovation & Engineer

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

The Health-Policy Innovation & Engineer oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.

In 2025, this agency had 27 employees with median total compensation of $83,257; the highest distinct record was $137,834.

Year
2025
Total payroll
$2.2M
Employees
27
Median total
$83,257
Highest record
$137,834

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 27 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($83,257) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base — $0 (0%)
  • Overtime — $15 (0%)
  • Other — $80,495 (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
$55,464
$70,544
$83,257
$93,970
$110,107

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $110,107 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $55,464. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Public Health Strategist
6 · $77,535
Data & Evaluation Coordinator
5 · $84,272
Epidemiologist
2 · $86,478
Marketing and Community Coordinator
2 · $23,698
Deputy Community of Police Innv and Eq
1 · $137,834

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.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2019
$283.2K
—
7
—
$44,363
—
2020
$716.9K
▲ 153.1%
15
▲ 114.3%
$36,914
▼ 16.8%
2021
$710.6K
▼ 0.9%
19
▲ 26.7%
$35,580
▼ 3.6%
2022
$1.4M
▲ 102.0%
29
▲ 52.6%
$49,615
▲ 39.4%
2023
$1.8M
▲ 28.3%
31
▲ 6.9%
$66,254
▲ 33.5%
2024
$2.1M
▲ 12.5%
27
▼ 12.9%
$79,708
▲ 20.3%
2025
$2.2M
▲ 5.0%
27
±0%
$83,257
▲ 4.5%

Record list

Employees

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Karen Michalski

Vital Statistics and Fimr Manager/Health-Policy Innovation & Engineer

2022 total comp
$55,803
Base pay
$0
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$55,803
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$55,803
Hourly rate
$39
Employment type
Full-Time

Source-specific fields

Agency Code
3812
Comp Time
0
Job Code
5248
Sick Payout
$9,310
Termination Date
Apr 29, 2022
Vacation Payout
$14,897

At Health-Policy Innovation & Engineer, Karen Michalski serves as a Vital Statistics and Fimr Manager. They work full-time. Their 2022 pay totaled $55,803.

Kirsten Lezama

Workforce Development Administrative/Health-Policy Innovation & Engineer

2025 total comp
$55,464
Base pay
$0
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$55,464
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$55,464
Hourly rate
$48
Employment type
Full-Time

Source-specific fields

Agency Code
3812
Comp Time
0.00
Job Code
5702
Termination Date
Jun 20, 2025
Vacation Payout
$759

At Health-Policy Innovation & Engineer, Kirsten Lezama serves as a Workforce Development Administrative. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $55,464.