Boston Payroll

City of Boston public payroll explorer

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
William J Keane 2014 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $15,055
James J Karpowicz 2014 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $0 $251
James T. Kane 2014 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $3,252
Sheku G. Kamara 2014 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $903
Nicholas Kenneth Kadra 2014 Public Works Department Jr Eng Aid $0 $0
Matthew J. Joyce 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $5,724
Martin J. Joyce 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $9,370
Jason Joshua 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $3,961
Jean Joseph Jr. 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $7,559
Herbert J Jones 2014 Public Works Department Drawtender## $0 $2,150
Tyrone W Johnson 2014 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $3,287
Robert Johnson V 2014 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $7,235
John Johnson 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $6,032
Ivan Johnson 2014 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $9,638
Harry Erving Jean Jacques 2014 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $0 $1,175
Para M Jayasinghe 2014 Public Works Department Division Engineer $0 $0
Robert Eugene Jacobs Sr. 2014 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $1,765
Tyron Jackson 2014 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $7,252
Sean Hynes 2014 Public Works Department Service Writer $0 $3,504
Tuan Kim Huynh 2014 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $12,877
Tuan C Huynh 2014 Public Works Department Asst Electrical Engineer $0 $43,520
Hung T Hua 2014 Public Works Department WkgFrprsTraSignalRpprTest## $0 $11,794
Brandon Thomas Howard 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $5,968
Daniel P Hourihan 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)## $0 $1,690
Dustin Horan 2014 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $4,139