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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
William L. Ritchie Jr. 2012 Public Works Department Traffic Signal Repairprs## $0 $2,033
Thomas Henderson 2012 Public Works Department Traffic Signal Repairprs## $0 $1,589
Eric Bucca 2012 Public Works Department Traffic Signal Repairprs## $0 $0
James P Feely 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $0 $0
Joseph James Elwood 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $0 $0
Michael Donovan 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $0 $19,094
Vincent Cogliani 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $0 $14,188
Alexander C. Williams 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Sanitation (Pwd) $0 $3,653
Michael George Vento 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Sanitation (Pwd) $0 $2,623
Edward Joseph Miller Jr 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Sanitation (Pwd) $0 $0
Gerard Gorman 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Sanitation (Pwd) $0 $10,655
Bernard Williams 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $0
Rupert E Weeks 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $4,804
Gary J Thomas 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $0
Frederick Charles Smith 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $3,530
Michael Saccoach 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $8,491
Vincent James Provenzano 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $6,261
Norman Parks 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $11,960
Frederick Mycroft 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $2,735
John Mullaney 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $11,489
Salvatore Dominic Morello 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $0
Darrell A. Kiser 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $6,775
John Salem Kalil 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $0
George Frederick Kalil 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $0
Michael G. Torres 2012 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $0