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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
James T Daly	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,264
Steven Wise	2013	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$11,264
Kirk Rejes Riley	2021	Public Works Department	Building Maint Person##	$54,063	$11,264
Michael Patrick Tuohy	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$11,263
Keith Rowe	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$11,263
John Mannion	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,263
Joan P. Twomey	2017	Traffic Division	Sr Parking Meter Supervisor II	$0	$11,262
Francis Stephen Jankowski	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,262
Samuel Wester Johnson	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,262
Robert Dirienzo	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,262
Russell J. Boone	2013	Boston Fire Department	FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec	$0	$11,262
Eddy E. Holmes	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,262
Mark Murphy	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,262
Lawrence P Carr	2012	Boston Fire Department	FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec	$0	$11,261
Eric Gerard Smith	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$71,180	$11,261
Louis Madeira	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,261
Ander Jourdelan	2024	Public Works Department	Public Works Hokey	$35,818	$11,261
Erik Savicke	2020	Boston Police Department	Criminalist III	$0	$11,260
Michael J. Cintolo	2015	Public Works Department	Code Enforce Offc	$0	$11,260
Sean M. Milliken	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,259
Eric A Buonopane	2024	Traffic Division	Parking Meter Supervisor	$81,503	$11,259
David John Walsh	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain-Technician	$0	$11,258
Lisa A Gregorio	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Alarm Operator	$0	$11,258
John Binion	2024	Property Management	MaintMechPaint(PMDGraffRemoval	$75,328	$11,257
Jose Hernandez	2020	Parks Department	Supn-Park Maint	$0	$11,256
Todd M Brown	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Bomb Squad	$0	$11,254
Joseph M. Briscoe	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$11,254
Edward A Godinho	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$11,253
Luis A Palermo	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,253
Shayna M Rivera	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,253
Susan Antonucci-Sementelli	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$11,252
Valerie Lungelow	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Alarm Operator	$0	$11,251
Gulianna Rose Kehayias	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$114,403	$11,251
Troy T Osgood	2012	Boston Fire Department	FF(TrainigInstructor)AdvTech	$0	$11,250
Kamil Kluziak	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,250
Paul Doherty O'Leary	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,250
Phillip C. Skrabut	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,250
Miriam E Kindell-Raye	2015	BPS Human Resource Team	Pr Admin Clerk 29	$0	$11,249
Michael J Flaherty	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,249
Christopher Francois	2023	Boston Fire Department	Data Proc Sys Analyst	$74,432	$11,249
John Carey	2011	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$11,248
Robert J. Noto Jr	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,248
Jeremy G. Washburn	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,248
Elizabeth C Evans	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$11,247
Edward Leo Ferent	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,247
Maryellen Kathleen Lancaster	2025	Boston Police Department	Criminalist IV	$130,566	$11,247
Coretta S. Henry	2012	Boston Fire Department	Sr Legal Asst (Fire Dpt)	$0	$11,246
Megan Leavitt	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Dispatcher	$0	$11,246
Carlo Breneus	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,246
Alexander Thomas Berte Jr.	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$11,246