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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
Brandon Cowan 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $60,936 $17,155
Georgius G Destouche 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III $59,947 $2,665
Christopher D Farnham 2022 Public Works Department Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd## $59,698 $17,315
Kam-Hung Wong 2022 Public Works Department Head Clerk $59,666 $325
John Joseph Tosto 2022 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $59,513 $5,652
Tavita ladarion Williams 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $59,358 $13,159
Dermot Francis Ryan 2022 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $59,242 $15,820
Norman Hatem 2022 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $59,170 $1,953
Enrico Labriola V 2022 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $58,885 $0
Moises F. Webb 2022 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $58,691 $13,513
Michael K Sheppard 2022 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $58,316 $16,625
Ryan Keough 2022 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $57,914 $10,132
Paul Iantosca 2022 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $57,831 $926
Derek McMillan 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III $57,757 $8,741
Dereke E Taylor 2022 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $57,542 $10,901
Kyle Daniel Jimenez-Fox 2022 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $57,225 $4,289
Caesar R Spagnuolo 2022 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $57,148 $2,659
Michael Paul Cosby 2022 Public Works Department Public Works Laborer $56,984 $10,187
John Murphy III 2022 Public Works Department Paver## $56,845 $12,791
Chris Wayne Bembridge 2022 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $56,744 $14,368
Eduardo Mercado 2022 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $56,721 $7,394
William M Quigg 2022 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $56,622 $11,955
Ricardo Caruso-Difeo 2022 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $56,591 $14,213
Alejandro Jose Fortunato-Ramirez 2022 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $56,430 $8,467
David T Rodriguez 2022 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $56,138 $8,831