Library - Administration Service

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

The Library - Administration Service supports cultural and educational resources such as libraries, museums, and the arts.

In 2025, this agency had 16 employees with median total compensation of $44,762; the highest distinct record was $163,390.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $917.3K
Employees: 16
Median total: $44,762
Highest record: $163,390

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$955$163,390+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 16 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($44,762) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $0 (0%)
Overtime — $17 (0%)
Other — $57,313 (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

$13,780

$15,168

$44,762

$82,949

$117,993

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $117,993 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $13,780. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Custodial Worker 2

3 · $5,551

Marketing and Community Coordinator

2 · $86,085

Milwaukee Public Library Director

1 · $163,390

Communications and Community Engineer Dr

1 · $117,993

Marketing and Community Officer

1 · $108,489

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	$4.8M —	102 —	$43,387 —
2020	$4.7M ▼ 1.6%	98 ▼ 3.9%	$43,938 ▲ 1.3%
2021	$4.7M ▼ 0.2%	102 ▲ 4.1%	$43,879 ▼ 0.1%
2022	$4.8M ▲ 2.2%	98 ▼ 3.9%	$49,824 ▲ 13.5%
2023	$5M ▲ 4.4%	96 ▼ 2.0%	$52,482 ▲ 5.3%
2024	$6.3M ▲ 25.2%	99 ▲ 3.1%	$61,245 ▲ 16.7%
2025	$917.3K ▼ 85.4%	16 ▼ 83.8%	$44,762 ▼ 26.9%

Record list

Employees

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Paula Kiely

Milwaukee Public Library Director/Library - Administration Service

2020 total comp

$145,388

Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $145,388
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $145,388
Hourly rate: $70
Employment type: Full-Time

Source-specific fields

Agency Code: 8611
Comp Time: 0.00
Job Code: 5749
Sick Payout: $16,918
Termination Date: Aug 28, 2020
Vacation Payout: $23,686

Paula Kiely holds the role of Milwaukee Public Library Director at Library - Administration Service. Their status is full-time. In 2020, their total compensation was $145,388.