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Public Works Department Payroll

Public Works Department is represented in the Boston payroll dataset from 2011-2025. Across 6,906 reported records, the department accounts for $170,559,372 in total gross pay and $74,356,196 in overtime. Use this page to review the department’s recurring titles, top-paid records, and year-by-year payroll footprint.

Total pay

$170,559,372

Combined gross pay in this department.

Average pay

$24,697

Average gross pay per record.

Employee names

1,393

Distinct employee-name entries reported.

Overtime

$74,356,196

Combined overtime in the dataset.

Year-by-year department payroll

Year Total Gross
2025 $33,248,519
2024 $29,771,973
2023 $53,555,381
2022 $27,529,073
2021 $26,454,426
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
Anthony Lee Austin 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $2,724
Robert F. Diggins 2020 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $0
Baron Cleveland Woody 2020 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $0
John F Murray 2020 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $0
Michael E Doyle 2020 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $0 $0
David Harris 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $2,023
Kareem Rasheed Kindell 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $1,888
Jason C George 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $1,741
James A Casey 2020 Public Works Department Jr Eng Aid $0 $0
John Leo Cunniff 2020 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $0 $630
Robert C. DiBATTISTA 2020 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $0 $378
Seaward Seaward Brown 2020 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $0
Ronie Matthew Robinson 2020 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $0 $0
Joseph E Gregorio 2020 Public Works Department Jr Eng Aid $0 $252
Matthew Hallett 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $343
Jose Afonseca 2019 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $0
Sequita J Thigpen 2019 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $0 $0
Will Edward King 2019 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $0
Stacey Harris 2019 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $50
Mark Butler 2019 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III $0 $0
Michael E Doyle 2019 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $0 $1,688
Donna Marie Francis 2019 Public Works Department Head Admin Clerk $0 $581
Adolfo Colon 2019 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $0 $10,539
Tyrell Phillips 2019 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $0
Randall william-shawn Scott 2019 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $0