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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
Lisa M McEachern	2012	Boston Police Department	Management Analyst (Bpd)(Asse)	$0	$11,944
Michael P. Dunnigan	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$11,944
Robert E Medico	2011	Boston Fire Department	FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec	$0	$11,944
Selena Farley	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$141,989	$11,944
Kevin P Rodday	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant/Hackney Invest	$0	$11,943
Timothy Patrick Connolly	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,943
Solomon F Patrick	2021	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$70,492	$11,943
Kit W Tong	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,943
Robert Nangle	2017	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Sen Supv-Sch Bld Plmg & Gsftg	$0	$11,942
George M Collier	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$11,942
Carlos De Jesus Abreu	2024	Boston Police Department	Sr Bldg Custodian (BPD)##	$63,220	$11,941
Darnell A Campbell	2024	Facilities Management	Sen Cust C	$141,894	$11,941
John D. Oliver	2015	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C/Nights	$0	$11,941
Stephen C McCarthy	2024	Inspectional Services Dept	Prin Admin Asst	$137,633	$11,940
Keeghan H. O'Brien	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,940
Quintin L Gabriel	2025	Boston Police Department	EmrgncyCommSpec-SupportAnalyst	$82,736	$11,940
Brian C. Ronan	2014	Inspectional Services Dept	Chief Bldg Inspector##	$0	$11,939
William Steven Atkinson	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$125,880	$11,939
Gregory W Curry	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$0	$11,939
Stephen D. Moy	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/FgrPrt Ev Tch 4$10	$0	$11,939
Celia Marie Barton	2014	Treasury-Collecting Division	First Asst Coll-Trs (Trs/Col)	$0	$11,939
Michael James O'Neil	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,939
David Joseph O'Connor	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$0	$11,938
Jeremy L. Fitton	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,938
Eric A Buonopane	2025	Traffic Division	Parking Meter Supervisor	$83,647	$11,938
Matthew Shane Kelley	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,938
Frederick C. Adams	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,938
Oscar Henriquez	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,936
Thomas Taylor Jr.	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,936
James Joseph Toland	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$11,935
Gilda Martinez	2012	Boston Police Department	Research Assist (Bpd)	$0	$11,935
Patrick M. McKenna	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,935
Francisco G G Nedio	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$217,871	$11,934
Andrew L Doherty	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,934
Madeline DoCanto Ramos	2011	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$0	$11,934
Stephen T Brady	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,934
Christopher James Tillman	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,933
Adarbaad F. Karani	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Hackney Invest 3$8	$0	$11,933
Timothy P Davidson	2016	Inspectional Services Dept	Plumbing And Gasfitting Insp##	$0	$11,933
James Thomas Morahan	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$96,651	$11,933
Derek Dwyer	2016	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$11,933
Daniel J Webb	2016	Public Works Department	Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)##	$0	$11,933
Leroy Heyward	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,933
James G O'Brien	2012	Boston Fire Department	FF (Training Instruc)	$0	$11,931
Devlin Conor Foley	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$112,918	$11,931
Brian D Burke	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$11,930
Michael W Lee	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,927
Daniel P Bausemer	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,927
Michael J Gurnick	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech	$0	$11,927
Matthew Paul Murphy	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$11,927