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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
Ricky D. Perrington 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $51,565 $1,370
Adrian Darnell Townsend 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $50,387 $12,858
Daniel Craig Donovan 2025 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $50,097 $6,947
Heriberto Garcia 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $49,929 $0
Jeffrey b Martin 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $49,234 $9,424
Paul Duffy 2025 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $49,231 $5,573
Joshua Drop 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $48,982 $12,841
Patrick J Kelly 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $48,782 $14,697
Michael Shane King 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $48,270 $15,482
Paris D McLean 2025 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $47,607 $4,771
Jerome Leon Myers 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $47,011 $6,648
Troy Anthony Franklin 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $46,901 $7,465
Jelani A Lopes 2025 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $46,896 $5,006
John Feeney 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $46,086 $8,228
Karen M Powell 2025 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $45,422 $137
Awni Alresheq 2025 Public Works Department Utility Inspector $45,367 $15,015
Christopher James Dejarnette 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $44,570 $23,436
Gregory Andrew Nelson 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $43,932 $6,696
Alexander Mattei 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $43,384 $10,813
Korey Whitehurst 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $42,468 $5,084
Kevin Davis 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $41,158 $8,398
Rodger Lloyd Garrison 2025 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper &Pw Lbr $40,491 $16,609
Christopher P McDonald 2025 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $40,003 $5,089
Nathaniel Joseph Moore 2025 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper &Pw Lbr $37,710 $10,685
Felix Figueroa Jr. 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $36,389 $4,546