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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
Kerry A OBrien 2024 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $69,976 $17,072
Euris Rojas Holguin 2024 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $69,919 $17,027
Michael James Lenane 2024 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $69,598 $25,831
Antonio Lopes Rodrigues 2024 Public Works Department Sr Engineering Aid $69,171 $0
Dermot Francis Ryan 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $68,526 $18,703
Ronald Hilaire 2024 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $68,236 $20,880
Lisha A Ellerbee 2024 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $68,182 $15,175
Serge Lindor 2024 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $68,013 $434
Herbert Glover 2024 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $67,758 $14,874
John A. Capo 2024 Public Works Department Paver## $67,249 $10,844
James P Abberton 2024 Public Works Department Wrkg Fpr Maint Mech(carpenter) $67,211 $5,877
Kirk Rejes Riley 2024 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $67,193 $14,954
John Barrett 2024 Public Works Department Master Gen Maint Mech Forepr $66,597 $0
Karen M Powell 2024 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $66,446 $531
Sean Bolstad 2024 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $66,068 $25,008
Donna Marie Francis 2024 Public Works Department Head Admin Clerk $65,910 $0
Marie C Louissaint 2024 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $65,910 $0
Anthony R Ellison 2024 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $65,741 $14,837
Jason C Douglas 2024 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $65,190 $27,896
Avantika Mathur 2024 Public Works Department Director $64,853 $0
Michael Sullivan 2024 Public Works Department Maint Mehanic (Millwright) $64,597 $2,980
Robert Hicks Jr. 2024 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $63,745 $8,104
David Harris 2024 Public Works Department Chief Highway Const Inspector $63,633 $8,514
Ellises R DeJesus 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $63,280 $12,966
Cyril F Graves 2024 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $63,235 $18,073