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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
Ronna M. Tobias 2022 Public Works Department Admin Anl $66,596 $0
Anthony R Ellison 2022 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $66,527 $14,655
Ronzelle Roy Reid Hunter 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $66,204 $11,714
Lisha A Ellerbee 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $66,062 $16,923
Gerard M Flaherty 2022 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $66,049 $7,596
Lindsay Wentworth Green 2022 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $65,911 $15,961
Cameron Patrick Smith 2022 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $65,846 $17,043
Paul Boyd 2022 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $65,819 $1,631
Donna Marie Francis 2022 Public Works Department Head Admin Clerk $65,738 $395
DeWayne R Cox 2022 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $65,442 $14,342
Susan A Royce 2022 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $65,301 $0
Marie C Louissaint 2022 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $65,301 $0
Kevin L Canada 2022 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $64,803 $9,222
Jabari A Wattley 2022 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $64,711 $12,939
Robert U Wall 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $64,622 $9,112
John A. Capo 2022 Public Works Department Paver## $63,872 $7,607
Kirk Rejes Riley 2022 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $63,637 $15,115
Dirk D. Shorter 2022 Public Works Department Paver## $63,507 $9,121
Herby Toussaint 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $63,493 $8,978
Eri A Melo 2022 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $63,271 $13,332
Levi T Newton 2022 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $62,924 $14,459
Andrea C Morris 2022 Public Works Department Permit Supervisor (Pwd) $62,891 $8,599
Owen Prevost 2022 Public Works Department Highway Const Inspector(Pwd)## $62,487 $20,607
Andrea Scarfo 2022 Public Works Department Admin Asst $61,761 $3,873
Michael Sullivan 2022 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Millwright)## $61,071 $1,931