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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.

Leading titles in this department

Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $10,589,832
Highway Maint Inspector## $9,165,279
Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $8,222,643
Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $8,047,111
Sr Civil Engineer $6,331,045
Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II $5,520,586
Prin Admin Asst $5,204,523
Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $4,986,273
StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $4,885,396
Code Enforce Offc $4,863,872

Top employee-name entries

Scott James Alther $1,515,597
Norman Parks $1,421,087
Daniel Nee $1,406,019
Michael A Donaghy $1,173,113
Dennis Michael Roache $1,149,851
Gerard Gorman $1,090,852
Gilbert Costen $1,059,097
Clarence Perkins Jr. $1,045,973
Thomas McKay $1,043,615
Darrell A. Kiser $1,027,387

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 W. DeRosa	2011	Public Works Department	Supn-Sanitation	$0	$9,312
David Deull	2011	Public Works Department	Head Account Clerk	$0	$1,076
Kenneth R Dexter	2011	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$1,573
Kevin L. Diggs Sr.	2011	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr	$0	$2,593
Louis M DiGiovanni	2011	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)##	$0	$4,188
Dominic Dimarzo	2011	Public Works Department	WkgFrprsTraSignalRpprTest##	$0	$14,731
John B. Dinsmore	2011	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr	$0	$1,457
Anthony DiPrizio	2011	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)##	$0	$3,051
Alberta A. Dixon	2011	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr	$0	$508
Kevin M Donahue	2011	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$7,701
Ann P. Donoghue	2011	Public Works Department	Sanitation Insp##	$0	$6,622
Michael Donovan	2011	Public Works Department	Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd)	$0	$28,617
John Francis Dooley	2011	Public Works Department	Asst Supn-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$18,821
Paul Gordon Dooley	2011	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$5,155
Willie Dortch	2011	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr	$0	$8,189
Michael E Doyle	2011	Public Works Department	Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)##	$0	$18,110
Michael J. Drago	2011	Public Works Department	Maint MechI(LightSrvRep/Pwd)##	$0	$2,199
Larry J Drayton	2011	Public Works Department	Building Maint Person##	$0	$7,986
Theophilus Drigo	2011	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)##	$0	$11,899
Frederick Richard Driscoll	2011	Public Works Department	Maint Mech Frprs (Carpenter)##	$0	$2,065
Sean Driscoll	2011	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr	$0	$2,068
Scott Dubois	2011	Public Works Department	Public Works Laborer	$0	$0
Thomas P Duggan	2011	Public Works Department	Building Maint Person##	$0	$636
Tim Duggan	2011	Public Works Department	Public Works Laborer	$0	$200
John Dunn	2011	Public Works Department	Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)##	$0	$1,838