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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
Tony T. Nguyen 2012 Public Works Department Asst Electrical Engineer $0 $21,984
Michael D Dennehy 2012 Public Works Department Asst Supn-Collection&Disposal $0 $15,493
John Francis Dooley 2012 Public Works Department Asst Supn-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $19,018
Michael P Glennon 2012 Public Works Department Asst Supn-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $12,865
Russell Dennis Quigg 2012 Public Works Department Asst Supn-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $813
Kevin M Cuddyer 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $765
Larry J Drayton 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $1,265
Thomas P Duggan 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $0
Donald George Gallagher 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $0
Francesco Giambusso 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $0
George G. Greenan 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $0
Jason Moynihan 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $613
Charles F. Nee Jr. 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Supv## $0 $2,191
Palmer Smith 2012 Public Works Department Building Maint Supv## $0 $0
David Mallen 2012 Public Works Department Chief Engineer(Pwd Highway Di) $0 $0
Joanne P. Massaro 2012 Public Works Department Commissioner (Pwd) $0 $0
Michael J. Barrett 2012 Public Works Department Communications Equip Operator $0 $0
Donald James Costigan 2012 Public Works Department Communications Equip Operator $0 $1,949
Matthew D. Bradley 2012 Public Works Department Data Proc Equip Tech $0 $1,583
Susan Cascino 2012 Public Works Department Dir of Recycling Programs(Pwd) $0 $0
Para M Jayasinghe 2012 Public Works Department Division Engineer $0 $0
Gary Akin 2012 Public Works Department Drawtender## $0 $2,594
Louis A Alfieri 2012 Public Works Department Drawtender## $0 $770
Francis Stephen Davenport 2012 Public Works Department Drawtender## $0 $3,043
Thomas Patrick Loftus 2012 Public Works Department Drawtender## $0 $0