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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
DeWayne R Cox 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $7,297
Jabari A Wattley 2020 Public Works Department Paver## $0 $5,344
James F Henson 2020 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $4,227
Thomas F Morton Jr 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $4,253
Ralph T. House 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $6,633
Martin M White 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $4,908
Earl Dessesaure 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $5,440
Stephen Norton 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $0
Christopher D Farnham 2020 Public Works Department Spec Hvy Meo $0 $7,056
Frank Solomon 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $5,408
Hendry Card 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $5,182
Leonard T. Curtis 2020 Public Works Department Public Works Laborer $0 $451
Lisha A Ellerbee 2020 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $3,099
Vincent Cameron 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $6,434
Chris Wayne Bembridge 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $7,731
Michael David Vaughn 2020 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $1,686
Daniel Reyes 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $2,837
Edward Charles Tompkins 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $8,001
Lawrence Davis 2020 Public Works Department Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr $0 $5,414
Kenneth Robert Lanza 2020 Public Works Department Prin Storekeeper $0 $1,059
Brian T Wilson 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $7,383
Tyrone S Goddard 2020 Public Works Department Building Maint Person## $0 $2,540
Dermot Francis Ryan 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $7,079
Michael K Sheppard 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $6,389
Carlos S Forrester 2020 Public Works Department Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr $0 $5,082