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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
Eri A Melo 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $68,140 $19,135
Andrew I Jarrett 2023 Public Works Department Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd## $67,762 $19,678
Adolfo Colon 2023 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $67,681 $12,995
Carmen P Ciampa 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $67,496 $6,768
Terence Elam 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $67,426 $21,522
Erica T Polite 2023 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $67,408 $5,596
Luis Borrero 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $67,296 $17,918
Karen M Powell 2023 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $67,274 $49
Ronzelle Roy Reid Hunter 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $67,138 $13,893
James P Abberton 2023 Public Works Department Wrkg Fpr Maint Mech(carpenter) $67,079 $11,153
Eroy B Kindell 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $66,955 $20,893
Antonio Lopes Rodrigues 2023 Public Works Department Sr Engineering Aid $66,880 $0
Michael K Sheppard 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $66,675 $24,460
Kevin L Canada 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $66,604 $10,626
Ronna M. Tobias 2023 Public Works Department Admin Anl $66,596 $0
Anthony R Ellison 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $66,527 $14,655
Madeline Montgomery 2023 Public Works Department Waste Reduction Prog Mgr $66,425 $3,689
Diane P Amato 2023 Public Works Department Street Permit Examiner $66,220 $0
Ronzelle Roy Reid Hunter 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $66,204 $11,714
Lisha A Ellerbee 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $66,062 $16,923
Gerard M Flaherty 2023 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $66,049 $7,596
Lindsay Wentworth Green 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $65,911 $15,961
Cameron Patrick Smith 2023 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $65,846 $17,043
Paul Boyd 2023 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $65,819 $1,631
Donna Marie Francis 2023 Public Works Department Head Admin Clerk $65,738 $395