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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
Thomas J. Murphy 2021 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $68,657 $6,833
Michael Delaney 2021 Public Works Department Service Writer $68,257 $0
Allen Mathis 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $67,904 $12,179
Malcolm Dedrick 2021 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $67,902 $15,140
Sean Hynes 2021 Public Works Department Service Writer $67,698 $0
Joseph Anthony Blazo 2021 Public Works Department Head Storekeeper $67,517 $14,645
Alex Cappellano 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $67,447 $7,580
Edward P Walsh 2021 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $67,382 $5,777
Christopher D Farnham 2021 Public Works Department Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd## $67,216 $21,005
William P MacDonald 2021 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $66,762 $5,962
Derek Young 2021 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $66,703 $12,954
Jason Joshua 2021 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $66,456 $8,982
Mollie Smith Hutchings 2021 Public Works Department Admin Asst $66,107 $1,419
Nicolas Jay Lau 2021 Public Works Department Jr Civil Eng $65,574 $9,530
Zachary S. Roscoe 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $65,496 $12,614
Miguel Vargas 2021 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $65,267 $1,637
Kenneth A. Austin 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $65,107 $10,632
Fouad M. Hamzeh 2021 Public Works Department Supn of Buildings and Bridges $65,072 $4,281
Carmen P Ciampa 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $65,063 $7,588
Andrea C Morris 2021 Public Works Department Permit Supervisor (Pwd) $64,967 $6,489
John Johnson 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $64,936 $7,341
Derniere L. Hendrix 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $64,927 $9,355
Gregory R Heiskell 2021 Public Works Department Sr Engineering Aid $64,668 $2,128
Levi T Newton 2021 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $64,614 $10,499
Courtney Linehan 2021 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $64,497 $4,527