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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
Scott James Alther 2012 Public Works Department Supn-Automotive Maint(Cfm) $0 $10,266
Maurice D Smith 2012 Public Works Department Supn-Automotive Maint(Cfm) $0 $14,830
Robert W. DeRosa 2012 Public Works Department Supn-Sanitation $0 $2,784
William Robert Egan 2012 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $0 $0
Robert Rottenbucher 2012 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $0 $2,737
John J. Doherty 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Bridge Operation (Pwd) $0 $0
Robert B Callery 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $4,598
Paul Garfield Curtis 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $0
Jaimey D'Ambrosio 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $3,537
Richard Egan 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $0
Robert Farquharson 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $0
William Joseph Fitzpatrick 2012 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $5,549
Brian E. Askew 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $1,107
Charles Edward Bell 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $0
Michael R Brown 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $7,211
Theresa M Byrne 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $2,027
Brian J. Cannon 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $1,364
Frank A. Ciampa 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $4,486
Narciso Dasilveira 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $0
Charles J Deary 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $4,377
John A. Dechristoforo 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $0
Kenneth R Dexter 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $0
Kevin M Donahue 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $1,918
Paul Gordon Dooley 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $0
Michael G. Torres 2012 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $0