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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
Clarence Perkins Jr. 2023 Public Works Department Asst Supn of Street Operations $169,826 $66,595
Bayard Bien-Aime 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I $169,558 $70,327
Darrell A. Kiser 2023 Public Works Department Area Supv of Street Operations $168,946 $59,505
Gerard Gorman 2023 Public Works Department Asst Supn-Collection&Disposal $167,633 $48,212
John P. Blackmore 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $163,056 $53,506
Bayard Bien-Aime 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I $162,596 $60,409
Gilbert Costen 2023 Public Works Department Area Supv of Street Operations $162,137 $70,838
Thomas McKay 2023 Public Works Department Supn of Buildings & Briges $161,018 $39,526
Julian Laurent 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I $160,546 $59,444
John A Vozzella 2023 Public Works Department Chief Engineer(Pwd Highway Di) $158,871 $21,763
Robert Michael Astrella 2023 Public Works Department Assoc Civil Engineer $158,550 $20,728
Victor Rui Monteiro 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Rep Frpr I (CFM)## $158,452 $60,673
Robert Michael Astrella 2023 Public Works Department Assoc Civil Engineer $157,746 $17,178
Joseph R Sullivan 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $157,684 $22,538
Amidu Gbola Falade 2023 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $156,366 $46,835
Para M Jayasinghe 2023 Public Works Department Division Engineer $155,045 $1,158
Paul F Musto 2023 Public Works Department Gen Main Mech Frprs(Cfm)## $154,175 $41,502
Para M Jayasinghe 2023 Public Works Department Division Engineer $153,860 $0
Benjamin Yu-Wei Sun 2023 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $153,555 $20,837
Kevin J. Linskey 2023 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $151,947 $26,936
Cathy Garcia 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst (Pwd) $151,086 $27,582
Jeffrey Alexis 2023 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $149,906 $19,533
Benjamin Yu-Wei Sun 2023 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $149,273 $12,500
Paul F Musto 2023 Public Works Department Gen Main Mech Frprs(Cfm)## $148,548 $39,789
Darrell A. Kiser 2023 Public Works Department Area Supv of Street Operations $148,156 $36,527