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
Karen S. Shafts 2017 Boston Public Library Asst Keeper Of Prints $0 $0
John Kenneally 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst V $0 $0
Theoni Sgouros 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst II (Branch) $0 $935
Margaret E Phillibert 2017 Boston Public Library Branch Librarian I $0 $476
Phillip Loc 2017 Boston Public Library Children's Serv Libr Asst II $0 $0
Katie Hong Dao Vu 2017 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst (Branch) $0 $348
Deborah D. Madrey 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst I (Branch) $0 $87
Frances Adams Francis 2017 Boston Public Library Branch Librarian II $0 $72
Carl A. Lehto 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst V $0 $0
John Joseph Devine 2017 Boston Public Library Research Specialist $0 $949
Merlie G. Esguerra 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst II $0 $312
Monique Coates 2017 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst $0 $770
Mei Ying Lo 2017 Boston Public Library Prin Library Asst $0 $770
Paul Wingcheong Cho 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst II (Branch) $0 $1,414
Valerie Marie Durham 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst I (Branch) $0 $0
Richard J Bulens 2017 Boston Public Library Jr Building Custodian $0 $16,265
Carol G. Taplin 2017 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst (Branch) $0 $421
James H. Moore 2017 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst $0 $4
Marilyn Rodriguez 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst II (Branch) $0 $264
Roger Bryant Clark 2017 Boston Public Library Sr Bldg Custodian $0 $11,846
Lorna M. Traynham 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst II $0 $0
Pat Yufu Chen 2017 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst I $0 $0
Uma Murthy 2017 Boston Public Library Branch Librarian II $0 $0
Sarah Ellen Markell 2017 Boston Public Library Asst Neighborhood Services Mgr $0 $0
Henry F. Scannell 2017 Boston Public Library Curator-Microtext & Newspapers $0 $574