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
Christopher Mayers 2011 Boston Public Library Jr Building Custodian $0 $445
Joseph D. Mazzola 2011 Boston Public Library Library Aide $0 $0
Donna Marie McBride 2011 Boston Public Library Acquisitions Librarian III BPL $0 $794
Judith McGee 2011 Boston Public Library Adults Librarian II $0 $720
James McGlone 2011 Boston Public Library Staff Officer-Special Projects $0 $0
Patricia A. Messina 2011 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst I (Branch) $0 $503
Elaine Millen 2011 Boston Public Library Prin Clerk & Stenographer $0 $603
Deborah L Mitchell 2011 Boston Public Library Library Aide $0 $0
Jebeh F. Mitchell 2011 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst (Branch) $0 $727
James H. Moore 2011 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst $0 $3,321
Judith M. Moynihan 2011 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst (Branch) $0 $498
Dennis L Murphy 2011 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst $0 $3,322
Michael P Murray 2011 Boston Public Library Literacy Specialist II (BPL) $0 $627
Uma Murthy 2011 Boston Public Library Branch Librarian II $0 $583
Gretchen Nelson 2011 Boston Public Library Library Aide $0 $0
Sean P. Nelson 2011 Boston Public Library Manager of Budget & Finance $0 $0
Wayne Newsome 2011 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst $0 $726
Thanh Tu Nguyen 2011 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst $0 $383
Bernard Junior Nicolas 2011 Boston Public Library Sr Library Asst $0 $383
Mary Frances O'Brien 2011 Boston Public Library CentralLibraryServicesManager $0 $0
Carin O'Connor 2011 Boston Public Library Branch Librarian II $0 $875
Patrick E. O'Connor 2011 Boston Public Library Spec Library Asst I $0 $439
Dennis O'Donnell 2011 Boston Public Library Laborer $0 $148
Diane Ota 2011 Boston Public Library Curator-Professional Lib IV $0 $0
Claire A Otoole 2011 Boston Public Library Prin Library Asst $0 $419