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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.

Leading titles in this department

Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $10,589,832
Highway Maint Inspector## $9,165,279
Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $8,222,643
Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $8,047,111
Sr Civil Engineer $6,331,045
Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II $5,520,586
Prin Admin Asst $5,204,523
Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $4,986,273
StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $4,885,396
Code Enforce Offc $4,863,872

Top employee-name entries

Scott James Alther $1,515,597
Norman Parks $1,421,087
Daniel Nee $1,406,019
Michael A Donaghy $1,173,113
Dennis Michael Roache $1,149,851
Gerard Gorman $1,090,852
Gilbert Costen $1,059,097
Clarence Perkins Jr. $1,045,973
Thomas McKay $1,043,615
Darrell A. Kiser $1,027,387

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
Ronald Fash	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$2,779
Frederick Dunker	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$0
Bruce D'Antuony	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$4,505
Joseph G Corriveau	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$0
Roy C. Cochran	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$3,425
Cleveland E Chung	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$2,063
James R Brown	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$847
Kenneth A. Austin	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$4,243
Steven Wise	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$3,638
Karl G. Winslow	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$5,061
Bennie Williams	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$3,580
Gerald Verisotosky	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$3,307
Robert James Thomas	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
James M Taylor	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$1,205
Charles E Sweeney	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$3,521
John Robert St. Croix	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$3,809
Joseph F Ryan III	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
William M Quigg	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$3,431
Clarence Perkins Jr.	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$8,144
Walter R Paige	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$1,011
Patrick B O'Sullivan	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$5,254
Daniel Nee	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$8,572
Mark A. Mooers	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$4,786
William B. McNeil	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
Ahmed Malki	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$4,782