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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
Alejandro Jose Fortunato-Ramirez 2025 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $75,243 $19,548
Alton Bailey 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $75,206 $30,500
Yunuel Valdez 2025 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $74,990 $12,425
Dermot Francis Ryan 2025 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $74,738 $22,139
Herbert Glover 2025 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $74,546 $18,544
Richard Joseph Donovan 2025 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $74,086 $10,638
Vicente Manuel Chantre 2025 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III $73,993 $25,850
John A. Capo 2025 Public Works Department Paver ## $73,755 $13,666
Omar E Stewart 2025 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $73,664 $5,006
Ronzelle Roy Reid Hunter 2025 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper &Pw Lbr $72,922 $13,928
Joanne Sullivan 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $72,736 $21,940
Kirk Rejes Riley 2025 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $71,540 $17,831
James M Edwards 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $71,430 $27,350
Tahkeese Maurice Brown 2025 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $71,142 $19,433
Antonio Lopes Rodrigues 2025 Public Works Department Sr. Engineering Aide $70,875 $0
Ellises R DeJesus 2025 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $70,666 $17,291
John Joseph Tosto 2025 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $70,201 $9,965
Chyeka katrina Walker 2025 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper &Pw Lbr $70,199 $22,934
Luis Garcia 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $70,132 $27,059
Gary Prescott Smith 2025 Public Works Department Sanitation Insp## $69,952 $12,401
Michael Sullivan 2025 Public Works Department Maint Mehanic (Millwright) $69,861 $4,629
Vianco Aikens 2025 Public Works Department MEO Mtr Eqip Opr & Pw Lbr $69,346 $26,345
Kerry A OBrien 2025 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $69,115 $13,209
Patrick Terrance Gillespie 2025 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $69,043 $4,954
Paul F Musto 2025 Public Works Department Gen Main Mech Frprs(Cfm)## $68,903 $16,796