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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
Thomas Talbot	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$78,428	$19,626
Nadane Flemming	2023	Public Works Department	Admin Secretary	$78,361	$14,969
Troy M Harris	2023	Public Works Department	Utility Inspector	$78,352	$12,289
John Johnson	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$78,267	$12,923
Kenneth A. Austin	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$78,182	$17,553
Antonio Araujo	2023	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr	$78,132	$23,810
Victor O Weeks	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$78,131	$11,154
Alex Cappellano	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$77,918	$17,003
Jonathan Burgos	2023	Public Works Department	Code Enforce Offc	$77,623	$17,542
Andrew I Jarrett	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd##	$77,322	$28,776
John Johnson	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$77,303	$11,682
Pablo Mendez	2023	Public Works Department	Sanitation Insp##	$77,148	$12,202
Eroy B Kindell	2023	Public Works Department	Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd##	$76,878	$27,905
Derek Young	2023	Public Works Department	Spec Hvy Meo	$76,864	$17,862
Anthony DiPrizio	2023	Public Works Department	StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)##	$76,464	$1,066
Marvin F Morgan Jr.	2023	Public Works Department	Spec Hvy Meo	$76,383	$18,769
Jason Joshua	2023	Public Works Department	Sanitation Insp##	$76,200	$12,070
Pablo Mendez	2023	Public Works Department	Sanitation Insp##	$76,168	$11,015
Miguel Vargas	2023	Public Works Department	Code Enforce Offc	$75,712	$8,832
Gerard M Flaherty	2023	Public Works Department	First Asst Drawtender##	$75,477	$10,836
William P MacDonald	2023	Public Works Department	First Asst Drawtender##	$75,428	$9,378
Courtney Linehan	2023	Public Works Department	Admin Secretary	$75,210	$11,185
Mark Butler	2023	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III	$75,173	$8,047
Khadar Hall	2023	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)##	$75,048	$0
Kenneth A. Austin	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$74,958	$16,551