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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
Courtney Linehan 2012 Public Works Department Head Account Clerk $0 $586
Ronald James Newcomb 2012 Public Works Department Head Account Clerk $0 $1,226
Sarah Parisi 2012 Public Works Department Head Account Clerk $0 $937
Karen M Powell 2012 Public Works Department Head Account Clerk $0 $2,179
Octavia Michelle Stots-Nembhard 2012 Public Works Department Head Account Clerk $0 $0
Donna Marie Francis 2012 Public Works Department Head Admin Clerk $0 $0
Lee Ann Kyser 2012 Public Works Department Head Admin Clerk $0 $1,737
Donna M Musto 2012 Public Works Department Head Admin Clerk $0 $1,968
Kam-Hung Wong 2012 Public Works Department Head Clerk $0 $0
William J Lynch 2012 Public Works Department Head Storekeeper $0 $7,467
Darryl J Miller 2012 Public Works Department Head Storekeeper $0 $3,435
Thomas Wall Jr 2012 Public Works Department Head Storekeeper $0 $0
Alexander J Allen 2012 Public Works Department Highway Const Inspector(Pwd)## $0 $3,615
Thomas Hanlon 2012 Public Works Department Highway Const Inspector(Pwd)## $0 $698
Dean Adams 2012 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $0
Steven Wise 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $6,555
Karl G. Winslow 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $8,937
Robert Williams 2011 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Welder)(Cfm)## $0 $1,871
Darlene M Williams 2011 Public Works Department Sr Admin Asst $0 $6,972
Bennie Williams 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $11,425
Alexander C. Williams 2011 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $0 $4,030
Martin M White 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $1,445
James Edward White 2011 Public Works Department Prin Storekeeper $0 $9,256
Allen Young Jr 2011 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $13,425
Kam-Hung Wong 2011 Public Works Department Head Clerk $0 $0