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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
Matthew Walsh 2024 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $99,342 $18,643
Christopher Lynch 2024 Public Works Department Principal Engineer (Telecom) $99,035 $0
Earl Dessesaure 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $98,598 $41,578
Robert W Norton 2024 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I $98,028 $2,386
Anthony Sutera Jr. 2024 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $97,134 $21,335
Rachel A Pierce 2024 Public Works Department Sr Admin Asst $97,040 $9,443
Gregory R Heiskell 2024 Public Works Department Permit Coordinator $96,981 $21,349
Daniel Dominic Murphy 2024 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $96,894 $0
Andrew J Hochreiter 2024 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $96,465 $18,758
James Williams 2024 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $96,386 $38,282
Terence Elam 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $96,225 $44,964
Marie McDonald 2024 Public Works Department Sr Research Analyst $95,558 $7,930
Thomas Hanlon 2024 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $95,418 $13,549
Jean Claude Remy 2024 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II $95,263 $13,125
Roberto J Tejada 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $94,902 $31,108
Chris Wayne Bembridge 2024 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $94,596 $49,287
Chad McDonough 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $94,483 $27,607
Derek Young 2024 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $94,414 $35,366
Alexander C. Williams 2024 Public Works Department Supv-Sanitation (Pwd) $94,322 $7,029
George A. McCarthy 2024 Public Works Department Maint MechI(LightSrvRep/Pwd)## $94,016 $17,844
Lance L. Torrence 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $93,737 $33,804
Tuan Kim Huynh 2024 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $92,085 $1,751
Carmen P Ciampa 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $91,859 $21,983
Para M Jayasinghe 2024 Public Works Department Division Engineer $91,661 $7,259
Elmer Batres 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $91,578 $30,340