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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
Eduardo Mercado 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $50,987 $6,603
Luis A. Medina 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equ Repairpr Class III $50,970 $3,975
Tyrone Fleming 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $50,758 $7,140
DeWayne R Cox 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $50,706 $9,342
Thomas F Concannon 2021 Public Works Department Paver## $50,312 $0
John Murphy III 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $50,265 $7,941
Moises F. Webb 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $50,183 $11,458
Carlos Alvarado 2021 Public Works Department Paver## $50,126 $5,255
James Joseph Caruso 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $49,898 $7,856
Alexander Exposito 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $49,511 $10,902
Earl Dessesaure 2021 Public Works Department Highway Maint Inspector## $49,352 $7,988
Filipe Dos Santos 2021 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $49,155 $3,100
Brian T Wilson 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $49,026 $5,568
Matthew J. Joyce 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $48,930 $5,678
Kenneth R Devone 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $48,840 $4,629
Hassan Zaidany 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $48,755 $9,188
Alejandro Jose Fortunato-Ramirez 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $48,607 $6,255
Donald George Gallagher 2021 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $48,417 $0
Adolfo Colon 2021 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $48,275 $7,766
James P Abberton 2021 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $47,882 $7,638
John Joseph Tosto 2021 Public Works Department Maint Mech (Carpenter)## $47,854 $272
Kareem Mohamed Abdelaal 2021 Public Works Department First Asst Drawtender## $47,739 $2,071
James F Henson 2021 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $47,375 $4,533
Michael Paul Cosby 2021 Public Works Department Public Works Laborer $46,985 $4,496
Anthony Burwell 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $46,187 $4,162