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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
Sierra Tilton 2021 Public Works Department Sr Engineering Aid $60,143 $0
Brendan J Sullivan 2021 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $60,099 $8,076
Christopher J. Regan 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $59,990 $6,455
Karen M Powell 2021 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $59,978 $0
Michael E Doyle 2021 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $59,860 $0
James Williams 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $59,703 $7,213
Lance L. Torrence 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $59,576 $7,541
Robert U Wall 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $59,376 $9,391
Norman Fitzgerald Hinzey 2021 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $59,196 $14,066
Dirk D. Shorter 2021 Public Works Department Paver## $58,988 $9,486
Paul Boyd 2021 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $58,719 $0
Robert Hicks Jr. 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $57,780 $13,894
John A. Capo 2021 Public Works Department Paver## $57,666 $6,124
Nadane Flemming 2021 Public Works Department Admin Secretary $57,325 $2,063
Kenneth L Gregorio 2021 Public Works Department Paver## $57,292 $6,076
Derek McMillan 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III $56,799 $14,431
Damek Ron Barros 2021 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $56,576 $12,209
Norman Hatem 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $56,492 $5,327
Erica T Polite 2021 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $56,367 $1,614
Gerard M Flaherty 2021 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $56,163 $4,902
Michael Sullivan 2021 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Millwright)## $56,136 $1,762
Joao Periera Carvalho 2021 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $56,014 $8,281
Sean Paul McColgan 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)## $55,722 $12,539
Michael Lawrence Perucich 2021 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $55,628 $2,403
Frank Van Gorder 2021 Public Works Department WkgFrprsMaint Mech(Painter)## $55,510 $12,717