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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
Arthur W Green	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,824
James Conley	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,824
George F Carino	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant/FgrPrt Ev Tech	$0	$28,824
Matthew S. McCabe	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,822
Daniel R Dowling	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$227,646	$28,822
Daniel R Dowling	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$227,646	$28,822
Keith Tolland	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$156,484	$28,822
Robert C Boyle	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,821
Carolyn I Flaherty	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Dispatcher	$0	$28,821
Byron Parker	2017	Traffic Division	Vehicle Impound Specialist ##	$0	$28,818
Donna M. Gavin	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$28,818
Andre R Stallworth	2012	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Technician	$0	$28,817
Christopher Burns	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,814
Kevin Mark Preston	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$28,813
Daniel S Mullen	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$213,716	$28,813
James J Lonergan	2014	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Technician	$0	$28,812
Rance Cooley	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$182,467	$28,811
Eleanor Tallent	2016	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$28,808
James E McLaughlin	2016	Boston Fire Department	FF (Training Instruc)	$0	$28,807
James F Lydon	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Acad Instr 2$6	$140,095	$28,807
John B. Ahern	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$28,806
Brendan Cahill	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,805
Brian P Tully	2021	Boston Fire Department	Dep Fire Chief	$268,798	$28,804
Patrick K Foley	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,804
Joseph D. McDonough	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,802
Brendan M. Walsh	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,800
Leroy Hamilton	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$0	$28,799
Catia Milaniza Freire	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$139,610	$28,797
Catia Milaniza Freire	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$139,610	$28,797
Bernadette L. Sullivan	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$28,796
Thomas E. Sullivan	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$28,795
Christopher Edmund Talbot	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$164,126	$28,794
Agnaldo P Monteiro	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$190,311	$28,794
John J. Forristall	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-Technician	$0	$28,792
Edgar M Varela	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,791
Michael Joseph Kelly	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$201,029	$28,791
Bryan T. McGrath	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,790
Daniel I Prioleau	2013	Public Works Department	StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)##	$0	$28,790
Kathleen P Doris	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$28,787
Derek Scott Jefferson	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/FgrPrt Ev Tch 4$10	$0	$28,785
Larry Scott McLaughlin	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$28,785
Ildo D Goncalves	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,783
Charles Bryan Starr	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$28,782
Sean M Rooney	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$28,782
Juan Manuel Lopes	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$122,116	$28,781
Juan Manuel Lopes	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$122,116	$28,781
Philip F Morgan	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$28,780
Brian James McCarthy	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$198,974	$28,779
Nhi A Tran	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$131,894	$28,778
Alixandrea Hallahan	2021	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$66,376	$28,777