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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
George Alfred Karales 2013 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)## $0 $1,162
James T. Kane 2013 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $3,230
Sheku G. Kamara 2013 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $340
James W Kain 2013 Public Works Department Summer Youth Worker $0 $0
Martin J. Joyce 2013 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $8,532
Jason Joshua 2013 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $6,362
Jean Joseph Jr. 2013 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $1,261
Herbert J Jones 2013 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $1,316
Tyrone W Johnson 2013 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $522
Ronald Johnson 2013 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $15,117
Robert Johnson V 2013 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $8,942
John Johnson 2013 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $8,287
Ivan Johnson 2013 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $2,629
Charles Johnson 2013 Public Works Department Intern I $0 $0
Harry Erving Jean Jacques 2013 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $0 $207
Para M Jayasinghe 2013 Public Works Department Division Engineer $0 $0
Robert Eugene Jacobs Sr. 2013 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $1,024
Tyron Jackson 2013 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $8,346
Michael Ingram-Rubin 2013 Public Works Department Summer Youth Worker $0 $0
Cali Ibrahim 2013 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $3,235
Sean Hynes 2013 Public Works Department Service Writer $0 $6,294
Tuan Kim Huynh 2013 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $0 $10,197
Tuan C Huynh 2013 Public Works Department Asst Electrical Engineer $0 $41,842
Hung T Hua 2013 Public Works Department WkgFrprsTraSignalRpprTest## $0 $10,049
Brandon Thomas Howard 2013 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $4,079