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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
Christopher A Daley	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd##	$93,150	$32,999
Robert W Norton	2023	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I	$92,913	$3,044
Randy M Holley	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd##	$92,809	$33,035
Alexander C. Williams	2023	Public Works Department	Supv-Sanitation (Pwd)	$92,752	$5,477
Joseph Anthony Blazo	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$92,535	$29,000
George A. McCarthy	2023	Public Works Department	Maint MechI(LightSrvRep/Pwd)##	$91,696	$15,747
Matthew Walsh	2023	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$91,591	$17,840
Stephanie Lee Estes	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Civil Engineer	$91,093	$19,222
Tuan Kim Huynh	2023	Public Works Department	Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd)	$90,982	$403
Edward P Walsh	2023	Public Works Department	First Asst Drawtender##	$90,802	$20,331
Yuri Rushin	2023	Public Works Department	StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)##	$90,674	$32,327
Troy M Harris	2023	Public Works Department	Chief Highway Const Inspector	$90,647	$16,498
Robert W Norton	2023	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I	$90,545	$0
Stephen A. Silcott	2023	Public Works Department	Drawtender##	$90,484	$13,115
Joseph R. Roman	2023	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II	$90,447	$20,775
Thomas Hanlon	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Civil Engineer	$90,398	$15,272
Erin Talevi	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Admin Asst	$90,390	$837
George A. McCarthy	2023	Public Works Department	Maint MechI(LightSrvRep/Pwd)##	$90,203	$16,734
Gilbert Mathurin X	2023	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)##	$89,766	$12,578
Michael C Haggerty	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Civil Engineer	$89,633	$20,573
Thomas Gex	2023	Public Works Department	Prin Civil Engineer	$89,384	$619
Mark A. Mooers	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$89,266	$19,741
Douglas J Coughlin	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Admin Asst	$89,203	$0
Thomas J. Murphy	2023	Public Works Department	First Asst Drawtender##	$88,925	$17,900
Andre Antonio Kornegay	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$88,766	$21,619