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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
William M Coughlin 2023 Public Works Department Dir of Fleet Management $146,968 $0
Todd Liming 2023 Public Works Department Assoc Civil Engineer $146,715 $8,491
John P. Blackmore 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $146,539 $35,384
Jeffrey Alexis 2023 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $146,319 $23,526
William M Coughlin 2023 Public Works Department Dir of Fleet Management $145,341 $0
Tan Pham V 2023 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $144,560 $31,093
Gilbert Costen 2023 Public Works Department Area Supv of Street Operations $144,167 $53,576
Cathy Garcia 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst (Pwd) $143,487 $19,828
Todd Liming 2023 Public Works Department Assoc Civil Engineer $141,636 $6,344
Allen Young Jr. 2023 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $141,269 $51,184
Daniel I Prioleau 2023 Public Works Department Asst Electrical Engineer $140,627 $29,008
Darlene M Williams 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $139,703 $18,852
Allen Young Jr. 2023 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $139,601 $47,241
Frederick Mycroft 2023 Public Works Department Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd) $139,311 $50,819
Daniel I Prioleau 2023 Public Works Department Asst Electrical Engineer $138,924 $30,730
Edward William Podgurski 2023 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $138,846 $26,560
Joseph Fleury 2023 Public Works Department Prin Civil Engineer $138,778 $25,057
Hector Ortiz 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Rep Frpr I (CFM)## $138,567 $38,740
Tan Pham V 2023 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $137,583 $26,908
Henry Tyra 2023 Public Works Department Maint MechI(LightSrvRep/Pwd)## $136,624 $62,690
Robert A Ellington 2023 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $136,420 $68,669
Amidu Gbola Falade 2023 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $134,626 $24,406
Darlene M Williams 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $134,417 $20,288
Joseph Fleury 2023 Public Works Department Prin Civil Engineer $133,747 $20,145
Martin Taylor Lee 2023 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $131,739 $22,916