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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
Ronald A Reynolds 2011 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $5,283
Steven Rhodey 2011 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $0 $2,091
William L. Ritchie Jr. 2011 Public Works Department Traffic Signal Repairprs## $0 $7,911
Richard J. Roberto 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $8,648
James Robinson 2011 Public Works Department Public Works Laborer $0 $0
Manuel Rodriguez 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $1,631
Joseph R. Roman 2011 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)## $0 $10,207
David Rooney 2011 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $0 $0
Robert Rottenbucher 2011 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $0 $10,049
Stephen J Rotti 2011 Public Works Department Jr Eng Aid $0 $0
Susan A Royce 2011 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $0 $2,664
Kevin P. Rull 2011 Public Works Department Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd## $0 $21,791
Gerald Joseph Ryan 2011 Public Works Department Assoc Civil Engineer $0 $0
Michael Saccoach 2011 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $19,477
Salvatore Santostefano 2011 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $4,382
William M Santry 2011 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $0 $14,521
John M Schallmo 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $9,958
Michael T Shilo 2011 Public Works Department Paver## $0 $5,326
Dirk D. Shorter 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $7,202
Stephen A. Silcott 2011 Public Works Department Drawtender## $0 $8,064
Robert Silvey 2011 Public Works Department Supn-Building & Auto Maint $0 $3,145
Martin Simon 2011 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)## $0 $5,871
Wiliam Simon 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $1,600
Frederick Charles Smith 2011 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $0 $9,348
Maurice D Smith 2011 Public Works Department Supn-Automotive Maint(Cfm) $0 $25,123