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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
Elliot W Favaro	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,034
John R Soares	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$9,033
Rodney E Gillum	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,033
Steven Wise	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$68,211	$9,033
Patrick Russell	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,033
Deborah Ann Dobrydney	2012	Boston Police Department	Criminalist III	$0	$9,033
Anthony Tahjay Williams	2024	Boston Police Department	EmrgncyCommSpec911 Call Taker	$60,568	$9,032
Gladys Frias	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,031
Leah A Phillips	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$144,272	$9,031
Robert N Talevi	2023	Traffic Division	Sr Admin Asst	$77,279	$9,031
Thomas Anthony Sousa	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,031
Levi Harris	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$0	$9,031
Donald E Foley	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,030
Jamila Gales	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,030
Michael P Sullivan	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,030
Mavrick Afonso	2018	Parks Department	Sr Research Analyst (Parks&Rec	$0	$9,030
Victor O Weeks	2020	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$0	$9,030
Gerard Patrick Broderick	2019	Public Works Department	Head Storekeeper	$0	$9,029
Patrick H McGonagle	2018	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C/Nights	$0	$9,029
Mark A McLaughlin	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,029
James F Shone	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,028
Robert John Walton	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,028
Kevin Mark Preston	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$9,028
Gregory C Stewartson	2019	Boston Public Library	Sr Bldg Custodian	$0	$9,027
Awan Freeman	2018	Boston Police Department	Cadet (Police)	$0	$9,027
Sheila C. Shepard	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$134,394	$9,024
Dennis Hester	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,024
John S Varner	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,023
Joseph R Venuti	2021	BPS Facility Management	Jr Custodian	$65,179	$9,023
Thomas J Cherry	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$9,023
Michael F O'Rourke	2017	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$0	$9,023
Benjamin Todd Upton	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,022
Paul Carson	2017	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$0	$9,022
Ted R. Rivera	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$9,022
Jabari A Wattley	2019	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr	$0	$9,021
Luigi R Sorrentino	2025	Boston Police Department	Signalperson-Electrician	$122,459	$9,021
Melven Barros	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$86,297	$9,020
Melven Barros	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$86,297	$9,020
Bartley J Allington	2016	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$9,020
Daniel P. McLaughlin	2016	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$0	$9,020
Jason R Grant	2023	Inspectional Services Dept	Code Enforce Inspector(Isd)	$101,960	$9,020
Joseph A Bruno	2023	Dpt of Innovation & Technology	Asst Manager-Data Processing	$93,038	$9,020
Joseph A Bruno	2022	Dpt of Innovation & Technology	Asst Manager-Data Processing	$93,038	$9,020
Arthenia A Copeland	2013	Boston Police Department	Communic. EquipOp II 9II(SS)	$0	$9,019
Joseph M Santos III	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$175,114	$9,017
Najeeb Ahmed Noor	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$103,820	$9,017
Keith Patrick Hanson	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$9,017
Barry J Bourassa	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$9,017
Shawn Burns	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$9,016
Lauren Elizabeth Bolton	2023	Planning & Engineering	Environmental Technician	$97,512	$9,016