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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
James F Henson 2023 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $30,254 $4,366
Eric L Lowe 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $30,229 $6,400
Ceriee Gilbert 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $30,116 $3,573
Patrick Mayo 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $29,566 $10,000
Joshua Yerico Padilla 2023 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $29,536 $6,618
Robert T. Keogh 2023 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $29,422 $1,402
Felix Figueroa Jr. 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $29,322 $0
Paul Suplee 2023 Public Works Department Prin Storekeeper $29,064 $4,339
Theresa Savarese 2023 Public Works Department Waste Reduction Prog Mgr $28,779 $0
David T Rodriguez 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $28,407 $7,318
Joao Periera Carvalho 2023 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $28,087 $868
Matthew J. Joyce 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $28,008 $7,155
Troy Anthony Franklin 2023 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $27,907 $1,685
Kevin Watts 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $27,565 $986
Shannon Marie Clark 2023 Public Works Department Permit Supervisor (Pwd) $27,350 $1,394
Declan Fitzgerald 2023 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $27,150 $52
Kavaughn K Edwards 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $26,107 $928
Seaward Seaward Brown 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $25,695 $5,703
David E Williams 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $25,667 $0
Zachary Wassmouth 2023 Public Works Department Supv Struct Engr $24,919 $0
Jennifer Marie McAuliffe 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $24,650 $3,889
Kenneth J Brissette 2023 Public Works Department Head Storekeeper $24,577 $4,822
Shakera Pina 2023 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $24,543 $1,605
Paul Iantosca 2023 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $24,519 $760
Stephen W Couturier 2023 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $24,397 $3,170