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Boston Police Department Payroll

Boston Police Department is represented in the Boston payroll dataset from 2011-2025. Across 49,963 reported records, the department accounts for $2,749,490,087 in total gross pay and $1,147,692,406 in overtime. Use this page to review the department’s recurring titles, top-paid records, and year-by-year payroll footprint.

Total pay

$2,749,490,087

Combined gross pay in this department.

Average pay

$55,031

Average gross pay per record.

Employee names

5,482

Distinct employee-name entries reported.

Overtime

$1,147,692,406

Combined overtime in the dataset.

Year-by-year department payroll

Year Total Gross
2025 $534,478,397
2024 $577,980,986
2023 $822,445,175
2022 $405,823,060
2021 $408,762,469
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
Vallerie F Thorpe 2017 Boston Police Department School Traffic Supv $0 $0
Eric M Meaney 2017 Boston Police Department CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT) $0 $1,417
Christina J Merrick 2017 Boston Police Department Police Officer $0 $5,071
Thomas Mulrey 2017 Boston Police Department Sr Radio Communications Tech $0 $29,120
Lynette Praileau 2017 Boston Police Department Police Detective $0 $18,133
James E Fitzpatrick 2017 Boston Police Department Data Proc Svcs Director(Bpd) $0 $16,512
Christine Vraibel 2017 Boston Police Department Community Services Offc $0 $0
Melrose M Samuels 2017 Boston Police Department Police Detective $0 $20,804
Jennifer K. Fahey 2017 Boston Police Department Admin Secretary $0 $15,388
William A McGovern 2017 Boston Police Department Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD $0 $12,064
Peter Demayo 2017 Boston Police Department Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD $0 $18,706
Joanne Hopkins 2017 Boston Police Department Data Proc Coordinator $0 $0
Philip Polizzi 2017 Boston Police Department Supn-Custodians (Buildings) $0 $40,488
John Studley 2017 Boston Police Department Police Detective $0 $7,573
Joseph P Boyle 2017 Boston Police Department Police Captain/DDC $0 $49,894
Jose A. Ruiz 2017 Boston Police Department Police Officer $0 $61,749
Wayne Lanchester 2017 Boston Police Department Police Captain/DDC $0 $64,944
Mary E Lee 2017 Boston Police Department Police Officer $0 $27,187
Robert Lee 2017 Boston Police Department Police Offc Acad Instr 2$6 $0 $23,885
Richard F McCormack 2017 Boston Police Department Police Officer $0 $7,288
Richard Moy 2017 Boston Police Department Police Detective $0 $30,572
Frederick P Kennedy 2017 Boston Police Department Police Officer $0 $28,542
India D Lynch 2017 Boston Police Department Police Officer $0 $10,797
Gary Marino 2017 Boston Police Department Police Offc Comm Serv Offc 3$8 $0 $8,919
John E McNulty 2017 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant/Mobile Oper $0 $64,752