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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
Wayne Steed 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $88,614 $21,434
Derek Dwyer 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $88,455 $18,953
Luis Isildo M Araujo 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $88,287 $26,946
Earl Dessesaure 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $88,121 $35,409
Scott Shea 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $87,919 $22,588
Gilbert Mathurin X 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)## $87,779 $12,707
Tuan Kim Huynh 2023 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $87,580 $0
Allen Mathis 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $87,485 $26,304
Douglas J Coughlin 2023 Public Works Department Sr Admin Asst $87,282 $0
Anne Marie Flattery 2023 Public Works Department Sr Admin Asst $86,940 $7,718
Anthony Sutera Jr. 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $86,580 $21,727
Samuel Brack 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $86,076 $22,123
Jean Claude Remy 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II $86,072 $4,876
James M. Hennessy 2023 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $85,800 $6,341
Adriano Gomes Ferrer 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $85,638 $29,075
Roberto J Tejada 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $85,428 $21,445
Alton Donovan Barrett 2023 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $85,420 $26,997
James Anthony Clougher 2023 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $85,402 $14,536
James M. Hennessy 2023 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $85,301 $3,781
Anthony Sutera Jr. 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $85,257 $20,430
Victor H Duret 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $85,211 $16,593
Herbert J Jones 2023 Public Works Department Drawtender## $85,108 $9,098
James Anthony Clougher 2023 Public Works Department Code Enforcement Off(Srgt) $84,826 $14,347
Gary Akin 2023 Public Works Department Drawtender## $84,812 $5,664
Sean W Ogden 2023 Public Works Department Safety Inspector (C Fleet Mn) $84,528 $252