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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
Brian Matthew Leahy	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$59,276
Cornell Horton	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$248,961	$59,275
Joseph P Matthews	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Harborboat 3$8	$225,009	$59,275
Patrick J McDonough	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$237,595	$59,272
Nicholas G. Moore	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$226,751	$59,268
Brian J Dasey	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$271,096	$59,263
Ismael R. Henriquez	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$196,518	$59,256
Angel Figueroa	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$168,132	$59,241
Angel Figueroa	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$168,132	$59,241
Joseph Hynes	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$240,390	$59,240
James R Martin	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$234,631	$59,237
John J Davin	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Captain/DDC	$0	$59,235
Jeffrey C Cecil	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$59,235
Robert Charles Gibson III	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$200,617	$59,231
Kevin Mark Preston	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain-Technician	$292,021	$59,230
Steven P McLaughlin	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Captain/DDC	$0	$59,227
David Yee	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$59,226
Warren J Hoppie	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$59,218
John H Danilecki	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Captain	$0	$59,205
Peter N Fontanez	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$59,203
Brendon Buccelli	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$240,987	$59,201
Leroy Fernandes	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$168,922	$59,199
Alfredo J Vilar	2025	Traffic Division	Senior Traffic Engineer	$172,922	$59,192
Stephen P Romano	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$59,185
Dean Bickerton	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$59,184
Baltazar Darosa	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$258,801	$59,180
Michael T Principe	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Auto Invest 4$10	$0	$59,179
Willie Lee Dupree	2017	Traffic Division	Chief Traffic Invest(Cat)	$0	$59,176
Melissa A Lombardo	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$268,279	$59,170
Donald Nicholas	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$59,165
Dawn Camille Francis	2021	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$106,137	$59,161
Rance Cooley	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$197,727	$59,160
Rance Cooley	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$197,727	$59,160
Andre Dimitrius Watson	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$161,218	$59,155
Andre Dimitrius Watson	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$161,218	$59,155
Timothy G. Trull	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$295,027	$59,151
Kevin F Jones	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$59,143
Joseph E Sullivan	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$59,138
Thomas J Blake	2017	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Adv Tech	$0	$59,136
Stephen P Romano	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$59,129
Richard Slamin	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$59,116
Pilar Sanchez	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Juvenile Offc 4$10	$188,352	$59,116
Lek Kenny Moy	2023	Boston Fire Department	FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp)	$199,102	$59,114
Richard B. Stanton	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$0	$59,114
Christopher Adams	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$246,946	$59,113
Brian James Heaton	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$207,859	$59,107
Matthew J Spillane	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant/Hdq Dispatch	$0	$59,097
David H Munroe	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$59,093
Robert T England	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$59,093
Eddielee C O'Neal	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$173,717	$59,088