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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.

Leading titles in this department

Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $10,589,832
Highway Maint Inspector## $9,165,279
Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $8,222,643
Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $8,047,111
Sr Civil Engineer $6,331,045
Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II $5,520,586
Prin Admin Asst $5,204,523
Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $4,986,273
StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $4,885,396
Code Enforce Offc $4,863,872

Top employee-name entries

Scott James Alther $1,515,597
Norman Parks $1,421,087
Daniel Nee $1,406,019
Michael A Donaghy $1,173,113
Dennis Michael Roache $1,149,851
Gerard Gorman $1,090,852
Gilbert Costen $1,059,097
Clarence Perkins Jr. $1,045,973
Thomas McKay $1,043,615
Darrell A. Kiser $1,027,387

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
Bayard Bien-Aime	2019	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I	$0	$33,551
Camelo W Pierre	2019	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II	$0	$38,480
Hector Ortiz	2019	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Rep Frpr I (CFM)##	$0	$28,404
Daniel I Prioleau	2019	Public Works Department	Asst Electrical Engineer	$0	$17,033
Joseph R. Roman	2019	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II	$0	$36,615
Matthew D. Bradley	2019	Public Works Department	Supn-Automotive Maint(Cfm)	$0	$20,134
Philip P Costa	2019	Public Works Department	Prin Civil Eng (Fss)##	$0	$1,668
Gilbert Costen	2019	Public Works Department	Area Supv of Street Operations	$0	$44,098
Darrell A. Kiser	2019	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$32,011
John Barrett	2019	Public Works Department	Master Gen Maint Mech Forepr	$0	$0
Serge Lindor	2019	Public Works Department	Jr Civil Eng	$0	$32,048
Theophilus Drigo	2019	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II	$0	$32,013
James Monaghan	2019	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Rep Frpr (CFM)##	$0	$21,981
Maurice D Smith	2019	Public Works Department	Supn-Automotive Maint(Cfm)	$0	$20,585
Frederick Mycroft	2019	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$26,204
Joseph R Sullivan	2019	Public Works Department	Prin Electrical Engineer	$0	$3,657
Michael R Brown	2019	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$24,467
Henry Tyra	2019	Public Works Department	Maint MechI(LightSrvRep/Pwd)##	$0	$32,369
Hector M. Mejias	2019	Public Works Department	Jr Civil Eng	$0	$29,294
Calvin Tyrell Young	2019	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$37,363
Anthony T Harris	2019	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$22,260
Allen Young Jr	2019	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$27,385
John M Schallmo	2019	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$22,185
Kenneth Hoge	2019	Public Works Department	StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)##	$0	$22,677
Alexander M Mejias	2019	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)##	$0	$29,770