City of Boston public payroll explorer

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
Jean-Pierre Ricard	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$171,605	$31,177
Timothy Smith	2019	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Technician	$0	$31,177
Joseph R. Roman	2020	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equi Repairpr Class II	$0	$31,177
Keith Rowe	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$31,177
Thomas P. Bernier	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$31,170
David N. Carabin	2013	Boston Police Department	Exec Asst (BPD)	$0	$31,169
Gerard M Cahill	2016	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief Admin	$0	$31,168
Mauricio Carvalho Lopes	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$31,167
Conor M Byrne	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$244,799	$31,167
Edward F Fitzgerald	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$31,166
David Marquez Rivas	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$157,306	$31,166
Kellen F Burke	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$197,554	$31,165
Steven W Perry	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$165,045	$31,164
James Patrick Greatorex	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$196,836	$31,164
Robert J Burke	2017	Cemetery Division	Gen Park Maint Frprs	$0	$31,162
Thomas C Santry	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$31,162
Adam A. Mammone	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$31,160
William Ryan	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$137,434	$31,159
William Ryan	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$137,434	$31,159
Clorissa McGregor	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Juvenile Offc 4$10	$127,418	$31,157
Mariano Hernandez	2020	Boston Fire Department	FF (Training Instruc)	$0	$31,155
Edward W Neff	2023	Boston Fire Department	FF (FPD Special Hazards Insp)	$173,456	$31,155
Edward W Neff	2022	Boston Fire Department	FF (FPD Special Hazards Insp)	$173,456	$31,155
Thomas J Finn	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$31,152
John T. Morrissey	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$31,150
Scott A MacCallum	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$218,765	$31,149
Joseph P Keaveney	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$31,148
James E O'Connor	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$171,219	$31,148
Thomas J Cherry	2023	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$235,727	$31,147
Aundria Burcy	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$31,146
Kathleen P Doris	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$31,145
Edward K Kwok	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$31,140
Roy A. Marshall	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$281,612	$31,140
Paul Barrington Garrison	2025	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Oper &Pw Lbr	$82,474	$31,139
Mercedes A Parker	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$185,075	$31,138
Erin T Schroeder-Withington	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$31,138
Christopher J Curtin	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$31,138
Charles E Sweeney	2015	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$31,138
Erick Kelvin James	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$31,137
Ethan Grey	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$31,135
Brendan Daly McCarthy	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$31,135
David Cole	2016	Dpt of Innovation & Technology	Data Proc Sys Analyst 1	$0	$31,134
Richard E Priest Jr	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$31,133
Bernadette L. Sullivan	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$31,133
Daniel Ross	2021	Parks Department	Gen Tree Maint Frprs	$99,106	$31,131
Timothy MacDara Sullivan	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$172,658	$31,130
Richard Withington	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Hosp Liaison 4$10	$144,120	$31,130
Richard Withington	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Hosp Liaison 4$10	$144,120	$31,130
John Francis Dooley	2013	Public Works Department	Asst Supn-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$31,129
Lisa Clark-Morgan	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$31,125