City of Milwaukee / Municipal Court
Agency file
The Municipal Court operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.
In 2025, this agency had 29 employees with median total compensation of $73,806; the highest distinct record was $159,187.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 29 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($73,806) — 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 $138,492 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $51,960. 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 | $1.6M — | 32 — | $43,513 — |
| 2020 | $1.6M ▲ 2.7% | 28 ▼ 12.5% | $46,667 ▲ 7.2% |
| 2021 | $1.6M ▼ 2.4% | 29 ▲ 3.6% | $43,119 ▼ 7.6% |
| 2022 | $1.6M ▲ 3.8% | 31 ▲ 6.9% | $43,811 ▲ 1.6% |
| 2023 | $1.8M ▲ 9.5% | 31 ±0% | $50,311 ▲ 14.8% |
| 2024 | $2.4M ▲ 34.1% | 31 ±0% | $72,912 ▲ 44.9% |
| 2025 | $2.5M ▲ 2.8% | 29 ▼ 6.5% | $73,806 ▲ 1.2% |
Record list
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Court Business Manager/Municipal Court
Source-specific fields
At Municipal Court, Dawn Day Hourigan serves as a Court Business Manager. They work full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $82,470.