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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
Stephen A. Silcott	2022	Public Works Department	Drawtender##	$90,484	$13,115
Erin Talevi	2022	Public Works Department	Sr Admin Asst	$90,390	$837
Gilbert Mathurin X	2022	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repprs (CFM)##	$89,766	$12,578
Michael C Haggerty	2022	Public Works Department	Sr Civil Engineer	$89,633	$20,573
Mark A. Mooers	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$89,266	$19,741
Douglas J Coughlin	2022	Public Works Department	Sr Admin Asst	$89,203	$0
Andre Antonio Kornegay	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$88,766	$21,619
Wayne Steed	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$88,614	$21,434
Derek Dwyer	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$88,455	$18,953
Anne Marie Flattery	2022	Public Works Department	Sr Admin Asst	$86,940	$7,718
Anthony Sutera Jr.	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$86,580	$21,727
Samuel Brack	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$86,076	$22,123
Jean Claude Remy	2022	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II	$86,072	$4,876
Roberto J Tejada	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$85,428	$21,445
Alton Donovan Barrett	2022	Public Works Department	Spec Hvy Meo	$85,420	$26,997
James Anthony Clougher	2022	Public Works Department	Code Enforce Offc	$85,402	$14,536
James M. Hennessy	2022	Public Works Department	StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)##	$85,301	$3,781
Victor H Duret	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$85,211	$16,593
Herbert J Jones	2022	Public Works Department	Drawtender##	$85,108	$9,098
Gary Akin	2022	Public Works Department	Drawtender##	$84,812	$5,664
Sean W Ogden	2022	Public Works Department	Safety Inspector (C Fleet Mn)	$84,528	$252
Nicolas Jay Lau	2022	Public Works Department	Asst Civil Engineer	$84,058	$19,322
Nicholas R Mustacchio	2022	Public Works Department	StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)##	$83,932	$54
Allen Mathis	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$83,898	$21,427
Chad McDonough	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$82,952	$15,913