City of Boston public payroll explorer

Boston Public Library Payroll

Boston Public Library is represented in the Boston payroll dataset from 2011-2025. Across 8,318 reported records, the department accounts for $200,876,116 in total gross pay and $10,562,887 in overtime. Use this page to review the department’s recurring titles, top-paid records, and year-by-year payroll footprint.

Total pay

$200,876,116

Combined gross pay in this department.

Average pay

$24,150

Average gross pay per record.

Employee names

1,257

Distinct employee-name entries reported.

Overtime

$10,562,887

Combined overtime in the dataset.

Year-by-year department payroll

Year Total Gross
2025 $39,241,988
2024 $36,474,193
2023 $65,643,689
2022 $30,002,527
2021 $29,513,719
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
Kathleen Clifford 2021 Boston Public Library Programs & Comm Outreach Libr $78,025 $64
James Christopher Levins 2021 Boston Public Library Programs & Comm Outreach Libr $77,693 $482
David Rosario 2021 Boston Public Library Spc Libr Asst V/Shipping Supv $77,688 $696
Nereida Villanueva 2021 Boston Public Library Welcome Services Supervisor $77,616 $0
Celeste Mary Bocchicchio-Chaudhri 2021 Boston Public Library Childrens Librarian II $77,268 $514
John Kenneally 2021 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst V $77,072 $0
Elizabeth O'Shea 2021 Boston Public Library Administrative Coordinator $76,968 $0
Philecia F. Harris 2021 Boston Public Library Childrens Librarian II $76,462 $0
James Wilkerson 2021 Boston Public Library Professional Librarian III $76,305 $0
Guerby Tercina 2021 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst V (BPL) $76,237 $846
Thealyn C Ploetz 2021 Boston Public Library Childrens Librarian II $75,685 $0
Beverly C Gill 2021 Boston Public Library Collection Librarian II $75,515 $0
Sujei Lugo 2021 Boston Public Library Childrens Librarian II $75,377 $193
Miriam M. Carrasquillo 2021 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst V $75,344 $0
Allison Jill Boudreau Hahn 2021 Boston Public Library Childrens Librarian II $75,113 $0
Celia Rose Contelmo 2021 Boston Public Library Young Adults Librarian II $74,616 $60
Dory Klein 2021 Boston Public Library CommHistory&DigitizationSpcls $74,545 $0
Brianne A Skywall 2021 Boston Public Library Young Adults Librarian II $74,468 $0
Peter James Collins 2021 Boston Public Library Web Services Specialist $74,152 $0
Stephanie Jean Chace 2021 Boston Public Library Nutritional Literacy Coord $74,099 $463
Kathrine A. Devine 2021 Boston Public Library ILL & Research Svcs Librarian $73,976 $0
Jenna Faith Levins Young 2021 Boston Public Library Literacy Specialist II (BPL) $73,472 $0
Kate Gray 2021 Boston Public Library Generalist I $73,329 $0
Denise De Boer 2021 Boston Public Library Reference Librarian I $73,290 $0
Orlando A Valentin 2021 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst V $73,054 $0