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Boston Overtime Pay

Overtime is one of the most searched pay categories in Boston payroll data. This page highlights the records and departments with the largest reported overtime totals while also reminding readers that overtime reflects payroll reporting categories, operational needs, and labor agreements rather than a single explanation.

Departments with the most overtime

Boston Police Department $1,147,692,406

Boston Fire Department $504,515,973

Public Works Department $74,356,196

Property Management $35,474,109

Parks Department $26,319,037

Traffic Division $25,758,010

Inspectional Services Dept $24,940,631

BPS Facility Management $19,904,786

Boston Public Library $10,562,887

Boston Public Schools $6,749,840

Facilities Management $6,524,969

Dpt of Innovation & Technology $5,753,978

Highest overtime payroll records

Employee	Year	Department	Title	Total Gross	Overtime
Michael R Keaney	2023	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$66,281	$12,605
Michael R Keaney	2022	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$66,281	$12,605
Eileen M Holmes	2020	Boston Police Department	ChCommEquipOper I (SCTT)	$0	$12,604
James McGarrell	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Dispatcher	$0	$12,604
Thomas R Hutchings	2016	Boston Police Department	Sr Data Proc Sys Anl (ASD/DPU)	$0	$12,604
Michael B Killoran	2018	Elderly Commission	Adm Dir for Transportation	$0	$12,602
Nicholas David Andrasy	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,602
Ryan M. Hackney	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,602
Jermain Dujon Graham	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,602
Richard E Henshaw	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$12,602
Jeremiah Benton	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$12,602
Patrick M Slattery	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,601
William M Quigg	2013	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$12,600
Timothy E Lynch	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$12,600
Gerald M. Cianciulli	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$12,600
Mary G Coakley	2021	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$55,313	$12,600
Randy James Greeley	2016	Boston Fire Department	FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec	$0	$12,599
Edward J. Walsh Jr.	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$12,599
Paul W. Robertson	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$12,599
Dennis P Hickey	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,598
Carlos Xavier Rosario	2024	Boston Police Department	EmrgncyCommSpec911 Call Taker	$95,737	$12,597
Paul S Luciano	2018	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$12,596
Harry Bazile	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Hackney Invest 3$8	$0	$12,596
Daniel Desmarais	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$126,534	$12,595
Matthew J Conley	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$12,595
Isaac Florez	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,595
Anthony E. Landry	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Dispatcher	$0	$12,593
Richard Sameski	2017	Parks Department	Gen Park Maint Frprs	$0	$12,593
Christopher Folkes	2016	Parks Department	Laborer (Park)	$0	$12,593
Samuel D McCoy	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,592
Jaime Galarza	2012	Boston Fire Department	FIU Digital Lab Supervisor	$0	$12,592
Ramon M. Kelly-Chalas	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$12,592
John Philip Dever	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,591
Erik C Then	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-Technician	$0	$12,591
Robert Donovan	2018	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$12,590
David J Edwards	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$12,590
Daniel T Conboy	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$12,590
Patricia A. Quigg	2020	Traffic Division	Sr Parking Meter Supervisor II	$0	$12,590
Daniel F McLean Jr.	2018	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Chief Sup-Sch Bdg Plg&Gas Ftng	$0	$12,590
Paul Bradley	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$12,589
Richard F Wehr	2024	Facilities Management	Area Manager	$128,788	$12,589
Shayne Michael Houlihan	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$12,588
Michael L Young	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$12,587
Kevin Coakley	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$12,587
Daniel Thomas Conroy Jr.	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$12,587
Eugenio P. Fernandes	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$12,587
John E Ball	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$109,468	$12,585
John E Ball	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$109,468	$12,585
Julio Nepomuceno-Mateo	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$214,312	$12,585
Charles C Owen Jr	2012	Boston Police Department	Store Control Supv(Bpd Fleet)	$0	$12,585