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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
Brent M Applegate 2011 Public Works Department Public Works Laborer $0 $0
Antonio Araujo 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $0
Brian E. Askew 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $10,521
Robert Michael Astrella 2011 Public Works Department Assoc Civil Engineer $0 $3,871
Kenneth A. Austin 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $11,671
Alphonso Baker 2011 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $0 $10,690
Elmo J. Baldassari 2011 Public Works Department Dep Comm-PWD $0 $0
John Barrett 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Rep Frpr (CFM)## $0 $9,234
Michael J. Barrett 2011 Public Works Department Communications Equip Operator $0 $0
Andrew J Bernard Jr. 2011 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $0 $1,085
Robert M Bernard 2011 Public Works Department Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs I $0 $8,549
Bayard Bien-Aime 2011 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)## $0 $10,994
Luis Borrero 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $1,780
Maryann Bosse' 2011 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $0 $1,590
Robert Boudreau 2011 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $0 $6,636
Paul Jose Bowen 2011 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $0 $5,798
Matthew D. Bradley 2011 Public Works Department Data Proc Equip Tech $0 $1,835
Sarah Breau 2011 Public Works Department Head Account Clerk $0 $241
Michael F Brohel 2011 Public Works Department Supv-Sanitation (Pwd) $0 $12,820
Paul M Brooks 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $0
Arthur Brown 2011 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $9,049
James R Brown 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $0 $8,006
Michael R Brown 2011 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $0 $10,667
Kevin T Buckley 2011 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $0 $33,778
Will Lee Bunch 2011 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $5,728