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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
Robert W. DeRosa 2014 Public Works Department Supn-Sanitation $0 $11,791
Michael D Dennehy 2014 Public Works Department Commissioner (Pwd) $0 $1,803
Michael Delaney 2014 Public Works Department Service Writer $0 $1,752
Malcolm Dedrick 2014 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $0 $11,461
Cullen Deas Jr 2014 Public Works Department Summer Youth Worker $0 $328
Charles J Deary 2014 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $10,837
Jose De Los Santos 2014 Public Works Department Public Works Laborer $0 $386
Francis Stephen Davenport 2014 Public Works Department Drawtender## $0 $3,412
Nhat - Thanh Tan Dao 2014 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $0 $3,518
Bruce D'Antuony 2014 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $171
Thomas W. Daniels 2014 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs II $0 $688
Jaimey D'Ambrosio 2014 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $9,932
Christopher A Daley 2014 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $1,740
Mark L Dale 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $267
Mark J Curtis 2014 Public Works Department Traffic Signal Supv $0 $2,513
Leonard T. Curtis 2014 Public Works Department Public Works Laborer $0 $1,137
Robert E Cribbs 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $2,023
William M Coughlin 2014 Public Works Department Motor Equip Rep Frpr I (CFM)## $0 $17,994
Douglas J Coughlin 2014 Public Works Department Sr Admin Asst $0 $0
Brian Wiliam Coughlin 2014 Public Works Department Recycling Coor $0 $11,410
Donald James Costigan 2014 Public Works Department Communications Equip Operator $0 $2,035
Gilbert Costen 2014 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $0 $19,821
Philip P Costa 2014 Public Works Department Prin Civil Eng (Fss)## $0 $8,798
Paul Coscia 2014 Public Works Department Asst Electrical Engineer $0 $40,445
Michael Paul Cosby 2014 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $3,908