City of Boston public payroll explorer

Parks Department Payroll

Parks Department is represented in the Boston payroll dataset from 2011-2025. Across 5,292 reported records, the department accounts for $119,625,077 in total gross pay and $26,319,037 in overtime. Use this page to review the department’s recurring titles, top-paid records, and year-by-year payroll footprint.

Total pay

$119,625,077

Combined gross pay in this department.

Average pay

$22,605

Average gross pay per record.

Employee names

1,258

Distinct employee-name entries reported.

Overtime

$26,319,037

Combined overtime in the dataset.

Year-by-year department payroll

Year Total Gross
2025 $22,914,456
2024 $21,008,248
2023 $38,992,323
2022 $19,436,980
2021 $17,273,070
2020 $0
2019 $0
2018 $0
2017 $0
2016 $0
2015 $0
2014 $0
2013 $0
2012 $0
2011 $0

Payroll records for this department

Employee Year Department Title Total Gross Overtime
Charles W Sullivan 2017 Parks Department Gardener $0 $8,108
Stephen J Forcillo 2017 Parks Department Supn-Park Maint $0 $18,806
Paul J. McCaffrey 2017 Parks Department Exec Sec (Parks & Recreation) $0 $8,946
Lucy T. Porro 2017 Parks Department Exec Sec (P&R Comm Office) $0 $0
Joseph F. Plagenza 2017 Parks Department Community Relations Spec(P&R) $0 $0
Patricia C Anderson 2017 Parks Department Admin Secretary $0 $2,209
Michael J Dever 2017 Parks Department Gardener $0 $11,530
Charles W Rideout 2017 Parks Department Supn-Park Maint $0 $8,492
Thomas Geoffrion V 2017 Parks Department Gardener $0 $9,335
Richard West 2017 Parks Department Gardener $0 $4,254
Daniel L Mullins 2017 Parks Department Greenhouse Gardener $0 $1,484
Christopher J Lee 2017 Parks Department Supn-Park Maint $0 $3,345
Jose Hernandez 2017 Parks Department Supn-Park Maint $0 $24,552
Robert Deveneau 2017 Parks Department Admin Asst $0 $8,029
David Capo 2017 Parks Department Park Keeper $0 $521
James M. Killeen 2017 Parks Department Prin Admin Asst (P&R) $0 $1,617
David Curtis 2017 Parks Department Park Maint Foreprs## $0 $18,930
Gary F Dwyer 2017 Parks Department Gen Park Maint Frprs $0 $39,598
Michael J. Vardaro 2017 Parks Department Prin Admin Analyst $0 $0
P.Stephen Healy 2017 Parks Department Exec Sec (Parks & Recreation) $0 $7,471
Richard Sameski 2017 Parks Department Gen Park Maint Frprs $0 $12,593
Joseph T. Wright 2017 Parks Department Gen Maint Mech Frprs## $0 $0
Louis A Chianca 2017 Parks Department Prin Admin Asst (P&R) $0 $13,067
Dorothy J Baxter 2017 Parks Department Business Operations Mgr $0 $0
Daniel O'Sullivan 2017 Parks Department Summer Youth Worker $0 $0