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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
Karen M Powell 2023 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $62,838 $0
Lisha A Ellerbee 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $62,800 $14,196
Kyle Daniel Jimenez-Fox 2023 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $62,548 $8,464
Owen Prevost 2023 Public Works Department Highway Const Inspector(Pwd)## $62,487 $20,607
Christian Santiago Burgos 2023 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $62,068 $7,669
Herbert Glover 2023 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $62,014 $11,149
Kevin Boczkowski 2023 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $61,967 $2,852
DeWayne R Cox 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $61,914 $10,665
Andrea Scarfo 2023 Public Works Department Admin Asst $61,761 $3,873
Moises F. Webb 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $61,559 $16,879
Ryan Keough 2023 Public Works Department Sr Engineering Aid $61,552 $11,624
Robert U Wall 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $61,532 $7,446
Vincent Cameron 2023 Public Works Department Paver## $61,438 $15,037
Derek McMillan 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III $61,319 $10,824
Michael Sullivan 2023 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Millwright)## $61,071 $1,931
Brandon Cowan 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $60,936 $17,155
Lindsay Wentworth Green 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $60,881 $13,117
Herby Toussaint 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $60,876 $8,953
John A. Capo 2023 Public Works Department Paver## $60,708 $6,506
Wiliam Simon 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $60,574 $9,456
Norman Hatem 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $60,445 $2,455
Georgius G Destouche 2023 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III $59,947 $2,665
Ellises R DeJesus 2023 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $59,831 $12,751
Christopher D Farnham 2023 Public Works Department Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd## $59,698 $17,315
Kam-Hung Wong 2023 Public Works Department Head Clerk $59,666 $325