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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
Elizabeth J. McAuliffe-Silvey	2011	Public Works Department	Admin Secretary	$0	$378
George A. McCarthy	2011	Public Works Department	Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)##	$0	$4,151
John Edward McCarthy	2011	Public Works Department	Recycling Coor	$0	$0
Kathleen A McCarthy	2011	Public Works Department	Admin Secretary	$0	$5,175
Erik McCormick	2011	Public Works Department	Spec Hvy Meo	$0	$10,353
Chad McDonough	2011	Public Works Department	Paver##	$0	$7,852
James McGonagle	2011	Public Works Department	Exec Asst (Dir Fleet Mgmtpwd)	$0	$0
Anne B. McNeil	2011	Public Works Department	Prin Admin Asst (Pwd)	$0	$0
Bryce McOsker	2011	Public Works Department	Jr Eng Aid	$0	$0
Hector B Mejia	2011	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$13,083
Alexander M Mejias	2011	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)##	$0	$6,269
Hector M. Mejias	2011	Public Works Department	Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd##	$0	$11,115
Victor M Mejias	2011	Public Works Department	Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)##	$0	$14,094
Dean Adams	2011	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$11,485
Gary Akin	2011	Public Works Department	Drawtender##	$0	$4,817
Jeffery Alexis	2011	Public Works Department	Jr Civil Eng	$0	$6,210
Louis A Alfieri	2011	Public Works Department	Drawtender##	$0	$5,796
Alexander J Allen	2011	Public Works Department	Highway Const Inspector(Pwd)##	$0	$0
Scott James Alther	2011	Public Works Department	Supn-Automotive Maint(Cfm)	$0	$25,473
Michael Alves	2011	Public Works Department	Public Works Laborer	$0	$90
Diane P Amato	2011	Public Works Department	Head Account Clerk	$0	$1,502
Jimmie Ammons	2011	Public Works Department	Public Works Laborer	$0	$152
Lawrence Joseph Andersen Jr.	2011	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II	$0	$1,882
Robert J Annello	2011	Public Works Department	First Asst Drawtender##	$0	$7,326
John Peter Antoniou	2011	Public Works Department	Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd##	$0	$1,692