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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
Robert J Pietroski 2012 Public Works Department Sr Radio Communications Tech $0 $12,837
Sarah Breau 2012 Public Works Department Sr Research Analyst $0 $1,288
Lorraine T. Passacantilli 2012 Public Works Department Sr Research Analyst $0 $0
Robert M Bernard 2012 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs I $0 $16,271
Thomas W. Daniels 2012 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs I $0 $614
James P Lagrassa 2012 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs I $0 $18,846
Sean Lee 2012 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs I $0 $557
Michael L. Funches 2012 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs II $0 $15,864
Robert F. Hanton 2012 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs II $0 $0
Justin Sheridan 2012 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs II $0 $2,430
Israel J Timberlake 2012 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs II $0 $439
James M. Hennessy 2012 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $24,840
James J Karpowicz 2012 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $519
William J Keane 2012 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $21,601
Robert T. Keogh 2012 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $41,210
Nicholas R Mustacchio 2012 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $38,290
Edward William Podgurski 2012 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $10,369
David Rooney 2012 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $0
Clifton G Sullivan 2012 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $27,058
Fouad M. Hamzeh 2012 Public Works Department Supn of Buildings and Bridges $0 $5,406
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