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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
Francis M. Sheridan	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$142,571	$11,747
Terrence K Adams	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,747
Joseph Haugh	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,747
Larry R Rich	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$11,746
Suzanne E James	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$11,746
John Ernest Hagerty	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,745
Edward C Curran	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$11,745
John S Kundy	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Offc RadioTech	$0	$11,745
Mark A Clark	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,744
Barry R Corbett	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,744
Patrick J DiCarlo	2013	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$11,744
Ronald A White	2020	Boston Fire Department	Radio Operator (Bfd)	$0	$11,743
Lincoln Phillips	2011	Parks Department	Supn-Park Maint	$0	$11,743
John N Calisi	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,743
Neal G Manning	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,743
George F. Guptill	2019	Public Works Department	Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)##	$0	$11,742
Patrick W Wood	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,742
Claire K. Duffy	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,742
Joseph A Boucher	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,741
Patricia M Colleran-O'Hara	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Clerk And Typist	$69,494	$11,740
Kevin F Lockhead	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,740
John Carey	2013	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$11,738
Latisha P Steele	2025	Safety Services	Sergeant-Bps Police	$79,165	$11,738
Terence S. Long	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,738
Keith L. Espinola	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,737
Roscoe Michael Stallworth III	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,737
Teresa M O'Neil	2018	Traffic Division	Sr Parking Meter Supervisor I	$0	$11,736
Matthew Sean Lausier	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,736
William H Buckley	2018	Boston Fire Department	FF (EMS Coordinator)	$0	$11,735
Thomas J Blake	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$11,735
Joshua Bernard Lampert Egan	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$176,736	$11,735
James A. Cali	2012	Property Management	Jr Building Custodian	$0	$11,735
Benjamin Michael Waterfall	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,735
Samuel Benoit	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$214,083	$11,735
Andrew Heggie	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Bomb Squad	$0	$11,735
Franklin Clyde Silva	2018	Property Management	Jr Building Custodian	$0	$11,734
Joseph P Sullivan	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$11,734
Patrice Murphy Sullivan	2019	Boston Police Department	Office Manager	$0	$11,733
Flavio B Daveiga	2023	Inspectional Services Dept	Prin Admin Asst	$123,707	$11,733
Joseph L Madden	2020	Boston Police Department	Statistical Analyst(Bpd)	$0	$11,733
Terrence K Adams	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,731
Edward Joseph Hobin	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,731
Mark D Murphy	2015	BPS School Safety Service	Sergeant-Bps Police	$0	$11,731
Scott Pulchansingh	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,730
Igor Verbitzki	2018	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$11,728
Thomas Phillip McGrory	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$11,728
Kevin William Day	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$11,728
Lydell Pruit	2023	Facilities Management	Sen Cust C	$133,265	$11,727
Sandra R Smith	2013	Boston Police Department	Communic. EquipOp II 9II(SS)	$0	$11,727
John A Mellace	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,727