North Township
After retiring as a football player, Murakowski worked for 31 years for county and local government in Lake County and North Township, Indiana. He was the chief clerk in the county assessor's office from 1954 to 1968. In 1968, he took a position as a supervisor in the assessor's office of North Township. He was also elected as a Democrat to several terms in the Indiana House of Representatives starting in 1964 and continuing into the 1970s.