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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
Abateneh Alemu 2021 Public Works Department Prin Civil Engineer $37,861 $4,087
John Kennedy 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $37,330 $2,824
Anthony Moss 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $35,782 $3,252
Locksley Uzel Carroll 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $33,913 $4,033
James J Karpowicz 2021 Public Works Department Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd) $33,196 $0
Robert A. Ellington 2021 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $33,153 $8,167
Adrian Z Amy-Klingler 2021 Public Works Department Jr Civil Eng $33,027 $2,731
Chris Driss Bezza 2021 Public Works Department Utility Inspector $32,755 $5,964
Manuel Morales 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $32,152 $4,041
Shawn Brothers 2021 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $31,541 $3,828
Carlos S Forrester 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $31,477 $0
Mateen Abdul Jabbar 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $31,102 $5,023
Devin Marie Leary 2021 Public Works Department Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)## $30,586 $5,336
David E Williams 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $30,075 $2,256
Darren Anthony Kelow 2021 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $29,779 $4,201
Lee Bonner 2021 Public Works Department Street Permit Examiner $28,581 $386
Patricia A. Hill 2021 Public Works Department Permit Supervisor (Pwd) $28,551 $0
Nathaniel Joseph Moore 2021 Public Works Department Paver## $27,830 $5,412
Joseph L Bennett 2021 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $27,803 $838
Calvin Dedrick 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $27,335 $4,249
David Shepard 2021 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $27,162 $3,808
Michael Hernandez 2021 Public Works Department Public Works Hokey $26,997 $2,459
Thomas F Morton Jr 2021 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $26,170 $3,361
Paul Coscia 2021 Public Works Department Asst Electrical Engineer $26,155 $495
Sammy Chiu 2021 Public Works Department Code Enforce Offc $24,898 $299