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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
Anthony T Harris	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$5,209
James H Green	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$686
Derek Dwyer	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$4,238
Paul Gordon Dooley	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
Kevin M Donahue	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$1,918
Kenneth R Dexter	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
John A. Dechristoforo	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
Charles J Deary	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$4,377
Narciso Dasilveira	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
Frank A. Ciampa	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$4,486
Brian J. Cannon	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$1,364
Theresa M Byrne	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$2,027
Michael R Brown	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$7,211
Charles Edward Bell	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
Brian E. Askew	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$1,107
Dean Adams	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$0
Thomas Hanlon	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Const Inspector(Pwd)##	$0	$698
Alexander J Allen	2012	Public Works Department	Highway Const Inspector(Pwd)##	$0	$3,615
Thomas Wall Jr	2012	Public Works Department	Head Storekeeper	$0	$0
Darryl J Miller	2012	Public Works Department	Head Storekeeper	$0	$3,435
William J Lynch	2012	Public Works Department	Head Storekeeper	$0	$7,467
Kam-Hung Wong	2012	Public Works Department	Head Clerk	$0	$0
Donna M Musto	2012	Public Works Department	Head Admin Clerk	$0	$1,968
Lee Ann Kyser	2012	Public Works Department	Head Admin Clerk	$0	$1,737
Donna Marie Francis	2012	Public Works Department	Head Admin Clerk	$0	$0