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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
James Edward White 2016 Public Works Department Head Storekeeper $0 $2,353
Martin M White 2016 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $5,608
Alexander C. Williams 2016 Public Works Department Supv-Sanitation (Pwd) $0 $5,801
Damon Lorenzo Williams 2016 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $0
Darlene M Williams 2016 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $0 $15,495
James Williams 2016 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $13,456
Jr Thomas Michael Wilson 2016 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $714
Vernon Wilson 2016 Public Works Department Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd## $0 $10,492
Steven Wise 2016 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $7,388
John Johnson 2016 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $9,917
Ivan Johnson 2016 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $15,122
James P Abberton 2016 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $0 $8,807
Gary Akin 2016 Public Works Department Drawtender## $0 $1,237
Matthew Albanese 2016 Public Works Department Admin Asst $0 $9,447
Abateneh Alemu 2016 Public Works Department Jr Civil Eng $0 $5,991
Jeffrey Alexis 2016 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $0 $4,253
Alexander J Allen 2016 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $15,695
Scott James Alther 2016 Public Works Department Supn-Automotive Maint(Cfm) $0 $40,767
Carlos Alvarado 2016 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $539
Diane P Amato 2016 Public Works Department Head Account Clerk $0 $4,582
Lawrence Joseph Andersen Jr. 2016 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I $0 $10,880
Clarence Anderson 2016 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $1,185
Robert J Annello 2016 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $4,091
Febe Antoine 2016 Public Works Department Laborer Seasonal (PW) $0 $348
John Peter Antoniou 2016 Public Works Department Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd## $0 $8,222