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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
Nicholas John Runyan	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$5,849
Ryan J. Ross	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$5,848
Thomas Joseph Murphy	2020	Traffic Division	Parking Meter Opr Person I##	$0	$5,848
Taylor lauren Buckley	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Clerk And Typist	$0	$5,847
Elizabeth Campbell	2013	Boston Police Department	Statistical Analyst(Bpd)	$0	$5,847
John L Howard	2011	Boston Fire Department	FF (Mas Of F Boat)	$0	$5,847
Estenel Veillard	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$5,847
Devon G Morgan	2020	Traffic Division	Jr Traffic Engr	$0	$5,847
Henry N Paull	2016	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$0	$5,846
Jason R Grant	2016	Inspectional Services Dept	Code Enforce Inspector(Isd)	$0	$5,845
Christopher Coakley	2020	Office of Streets	Sr Admin Asst (Pwd)	$0	$5,845
Ketsia Beauvais	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$74,832	$5,845
MIchael David Astrofsky	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$5,845
Julie K James	2023	Boston Police Department	Criminalist IV	$138,762	$5,844
Henry H. Tran	2016	Boston Public Library	Clerk	$0	$5,844
Frantz Marcelin	2021	Parks Department	Laborer (Park)	$42,694	$5,843
Jose D. Pineda	2018	BPS Facility Management	Jr Cust/Nights	$0	$5,843
James P Abberton	2018	Public Works Department	Maint Mech (Carpenter)##	$0	$5,842
John W Wornum	2015	Boston Fire Department	FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification)	$0	$5,842
Gandhi Murat	2023	BPS Facility Management	Jr Cust/Nights	$38,157	$5,842
Gandhi Murat	2022	BPS Facility Management	Jr Cust/Nights	$38,157	$5,842
Ruth Jasmine Ayuso	2023	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$28,822	$5,841
Alexis R Manolakis	2020	Boston Police Department	Criminalist II	$0	$5,840
Kevin James Glynn	2025	Facilities Management	Sen Cust C	$97,498	$5,839
John L. Sullivan	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$133,727	$5,839
Martin D Harrison	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$140,051	$5,839
Jeffrey Maurice Worthy	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$5,838
Patrick M. McKenna	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$5,838
Sean Daniel Shea	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$5,838
Irving W. Edwards	2013	Parks Department	Laborer (Park)	$0	$5,838
Kevin J Moriarty	2017	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$0	$5,838
Scott Shea	2016	Public Works Department	Paver##	$0	$5,838
Chantal F Charles	2017	Treasury-Treasury Division	Sr Admin Asst	$0	$5,838
Robert R McNeil	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$5,837
Marie McDonald	2014	Ofc of Strts, Trnsp & Sani	Supv Of Contracts (PWD)	$0	$5,837
David Michael Mahoney	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$52,355	$5,837
Robert M Clark	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$5,837
Jackson Geneus	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$135,892	$5,836
Mary E Bellew	2016	Boston Police Department	Communic. EquipOp II 9II(SS)	$0	$5,835
John W McLaughlin	2020	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$0	$5,835
Brenden Tong	2018	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Sen Tech - Environmental	$0	$5,835
Marchelle Jacques-Yarde	2015	Parks Department	Exec Asst (Parks & Rec)	$0	$5,835
Mang Y Yung	2013	Boston Police Department	Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD	$0	$5,834
Eddie Williams	2012	Parks Department	Park Keeper	$0	$5,834
Gregory Mahoney	2014	Boston Police Department	Offset Compositor	$0	$5,834
James Michael McDonnell	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$5,834
Nancy M Dankers	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$5,833
Joseph M Fidler	2017	BPS Facility Management	Jr Custodian	$0	$5,833
Wayne A Wilson	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$5,832
Veronica L Imbaro	2024	Auditing Department	Division Director	$143,101	$5,831