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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
Roudolphe P Szegda	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$9,774
Matthew James Scanlon	2012	Property Management	Dog Offr(AnimalControlOffcr)##	$0	$9,774
William J Burns Jr.	2014	Inspectional Services Dept	Wire Inspector	$0	$9,774
Maria Osorno	2018	Boston Police Department	Claims Investigator	$0	$9,773
Edward W Cox II	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,773
Richard A Shamshak	2023	Traffic Division	Chief Traffic Invest(Cat)	$103,747	$9,772
James M. Hennessy	2017	Public Works Department	StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)##	$0	$9,772
Celia Marie Barton	2012	Treasury-Collecting Division	First Asst Coll-Trs (Trs/Col)	$0	$9,770
Paul Carson	2016	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$0	$9,770
Laurie Forde	2013	Dpt of Innovation & Technology	Data Proc Sys Analyst	$0	$9,770
Clyde Ashton Forde	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,769
William Samuel Torney	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$169,572	$9,768
Michael J Riley	2015	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$0	$9,768
Fernando Gaitan	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,768
Stephanie M O'Sullivan	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,767
Christopher Paul Conley	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$147,631	$9,767
Eldon O Thomas	2021	BPS School Safety Service	Officer-Bps Police	$64,116	$9,766
John Barrett	2017	Public Works Department	Master Gen Maint Mech Forepr	$0	$9,766
Kerry Lynn Haufler	2023	Traffic Division	Head Clerk	$66,306	$9,766
Christopher Connelly Perachi	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,766
James F Lydon	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Acad Instr 2$6	$156,087	$9,765
Mohammed Rabbi Uddin	2023	ASD Office of Budget Mangmnt	Sr Management Analyst	$103,720	$9,765
Mohammed Rabbi Uddin	2022	ASD Office of Budget Mangmnt	Sr Management Analyst	$103,720	$9,765
Daniel B Donahoe	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$9,764
Michael D. Holden	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,764
Christopher P Fay	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,764
Lawrence E Darden	2018	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C/Nights	$0	$9,763
Dalia M Adorno-Ayala	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,763
Maria Osorno	2015	Boston Police Department	Claims Investigator	$0	$9,761
Edwin De Jesus	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,761
Russell Martin McDonald	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,760
Daniel Politano	2019	Traffic Division	Asst Supv-Parking Enforcement	$0	$9,760
Clydies Freeman	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$230,724	$9,759
Mark Springer	2017	Parks Department	Laborer (Park)	$0	$9,759
Jeremy Michael Conley	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,759
Jennifer K. Fahey	2020	Boston Police Department	Admin Secretary	$0	$9,758
Christopher G Iacozza	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,758
James P. Reidy	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,757
Mark Steven Brooks	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,756
Ingrid Lochard	2015	Dpt of Innovation & Technology	Data Proc Sys Analyst	$0	$9,756
Elie Nassif V	2019	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Sen Tech - Energy	$0	$9,755
Robert Pardo Jr.	2014	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Repairpr Class I	$0	$9,755
Rebecca Boissaye	2024	Boston Police Department	Criminalist IV	$132,766	$9,754
Donato Gregory Mercury	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,754
David G. Pinciaro	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,753
Pauline E Gilmartin	2016	Boston Police Department	Head Clerk & Secretary	$0	$9,753
Paula M Joyce	2024	Office of Human Resources BPS	Leave of Absence Specialist	$101,787	$9,752
Juana Hernandez V	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,751
Barry J Bourassa	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,751
Erika Dorvil	2025	Transportation	Cab Monitor HE	$45,001	$9,751