This is an incomplete list of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts.
| Image | Mayor | Term | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nowrap align=left | April 17, 1848 – April 1, 1849 | |||
| 2 | nowrap align=left | April 1, 1849 – April 7, 1851 | |||
| 3 | nowrap align=left | April 7, 1851 – January 3, 1853 | |||
| 4 | nowrap align=left | January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855 | |||
| 5 | nowrap align=left | January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856 | |||
| 6 | nowrap align=left | January 7, 1856 – January 5, 1857 | |||
| 7 | nowrap align=left | January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858 | |||
| 8 | nowrap align=left | January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859 | |||
| 9 | nowrap align=left | January 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860 | |||
| 10 | nowrap align=left | January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861 | |||
| 11 | nowrap align=left | January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 | |||
| 12 | nowrap align=left | January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1863 | Later served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. | ||
| 13 | nowrap align=left | January 3, 1863 – January 2, 1865 | |||
| 14 | nowrap align=left | January 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866 | |||
| 15 | nowrap align=left | January 1, 1866 – December 18, 1870 | Died in office. | ||
| A | nowrap align=left | December 19, 1870 – January 1, 1871 | Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870. | ||
| 16 | nowrap align=left | February 6, 1871 – January 1, 1871 | Elected mayor in a special election to finish Mayor Blake's term. | ||
| 17 | nowrap align=left | January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873 | |||
| 18 | nowrap align=left | January 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874 | |||
| 19 | nowrap align=left | January 5, 1874 – January 4, 1875 | |||
| 20 | nowrap align=left | January 4, 1875 – January 1, 1877 | |||
| 21 | nowrap align=left | January 1, 1877 – January 5, 1880 | |||
| 22 | nowrap align=left | January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1882 | |||
| 23 | nowrap align=left | January 3, 1882 – January 1, 1883 | |||
| 24 | nowrap align=left | January 1, 1883 – January 7, 1884 | |||
| 25 | nowrap align=left | January 7, 1884 – January 4, 1886 | |||
| 26 | nowrap align=left | January 4, 1886 – January 6, 1890 | |||
| 27 | nowrap align=left | January 6, 1890 – January 2, 1893 | Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester. | ||
| 28 | January 2, 1893 – January 6, 1896 | ||||
| 29 | January 6, 1896 – January 3, 1898 | ||||
| 30 | January 3, 1898 – February 25, 1901 | ||||
| 31 | nowrap align=left | 1901 | |||
| 32 | nowrap align=left | 1902–1903 | |||
| 33 | nowrap align=left | 1904–1905 | |||
| 34 | nowrap align=left | 1906–1907 | |||
| 35 | nowrap align=left | 1908–1911 | |||
| 36 | nowrap align=left | 1912 | |||
| 37 | nowrap align=left | January 6, 1913 – January 1, 1917 | |||
| 38 | nowrap align=left | January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1920 | |||
| 39 | nowrap align=left | January 5, 1920 – 1923 | |||
| 40 | nowrap align=left | 1924–1931 | |||
| 41 | nowrap align=left | 1932–1935 | |||
| 42 | nowrap align=left | 1936 – June 11, 1936 | |||
| 43 | nowrap align=left | 1936–1937 | |||
| 44 | nowrap align=left | 1938–1945 | Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts. | ||
| 45 | nowrap align=left | 1946–1949 | Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter. | ||
| 46 | nowrap align=left | 1950–1953 | First Appointed Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system. | ||
| 47 | nowrap align=left | 1954–1958 | |||
| 48 | nowrap align=left | 1959 | |||
| 49 | nowrap align=left | 1960–1961 | |||
| 50 | nowrap align=left | 1962 | |||
| 51 | nowrap align=left | 1962–1963 | |||
| 52 | nowrap align=left | 1963–1965 | |||
| 53 | nowrap align=left | 1966 | |||
| 54 | nowrap align=left | 1967–1968 | |||
| 55 | nowrap align=left | 1969 | |||
| 56 | nowrap align=left | 1970 | |||
| 57 | nowrap align=left | 1971 | |||
| 58 | nowrap align=left | 1972 | |||
| 59 | nowrap align=left | 1973 | |||
| 60 | nowrap align=left | 1974–1975 | |||
| 61 | nowrap align=left | 1976–1979 | |||
| 62 | nowrap align=left | 1980–1981 | |||
| 63 | nowrap align=left | 1982–1983 | |||
| 64 | nowrap align=left | 1984–1985 | |||
| 65 | nowrap align=left | 1986 | |||
| 66 | nowrap align=left | 1987 | Last appointed mayor | ||
| 67 | nowrap align=left | 1988–1993 | First popularly elected mayor under new charter | ||
| 68 | nowrap align=left | 1994–2001 | |||
| 69 | nowrap align=left | 2002 – January 9, 2007 | Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. | ||
| 70 | nowrap align=left | January 10, 2007 – January 4, 2010 | |||
| 71 | nowrap align=left | January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2012 | |||
| 72 | nowrap align=left | January 2, 2012 – Present | |||
| City Manager | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Everett F. Merrill | 1950–1951 | |
| 2nd | Francis J. McGrath | 1951–1985 | |
| 3rd | William Mulford | 1985–1993 | |
| 4th | Thomas R. Hoover | 1993–2004 | |
| 5th | Michael V. O'Brien | 2004–2014 | |
| 6th | Edward M. Augustus Jr. | 2014–2022 | |
| 7th | Eric Batista | 2022–present | |