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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
Peter L McCarthy	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$209,536	$27,209
Jay P. Tully	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$160,283	$27,208
John D Teixeira	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$27,208
Bryan Thomas Mason	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$113,515	$27,206
Bryan Thomas Mason	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$113,515	$27,206
Christopher R Stevens	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$27,204
Scott D Wahlen	2017	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Technician	$0	$27,204
Reuben E. Taylor	2016	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$27,203
Darrell J Higginbottom	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$27,203
Christopher J. Neff	2016	Parks Department	Park Maint Foreprs##	$0	$27,203
Dowayne O. Lewis	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Auto Invest 4$10	$0	$27,201
Paul R. Blaikie	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$27,201
Roosevelt Robinson	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$27,200
Virginia Gaughan	2024	Boston Police Department	Employee Development Asst(Ems)	$110,332	$27,198
Zachary Mark Deluca	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$104,614	$27,198
Casey Marie Kelliher	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$139,089	$27,197
Mohan R Pilwah	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$196,381	$27,197
Joseph h. McDonough	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$27,197
Daniel Murphy	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$167,257	$27,195
Jose Gabriel Pereyra	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$206,054	$27,194
Ioan Truta	2014	Boston Police Department	Criminalist IV	$0	$27,194
Brian George Campbell	2017	Boston Fire Department	MtrEquipRpprClassIIBPDFleetBFD	$0	$27,193
Steven Perry	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$197,904	$27,192
Don F. Cuddahy	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant (Scuba Diver)	$0	$27,192
Joseph M Dowd	2015	Boston Fire Department	FF(IncidentCommandSp)DFC-AdvTe	$0	$27,191
Warren J Hoppie	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$27,191
Scott M Stenstrom	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Auto Invest 4$10	$141,395	$27,189
John Durkan	2023	Cemetery Division	Exec Sec (P&R) Cementaries	$142,603	$27,188
John Durkan	2022	Cemetery Division	Exec Sec (P&R) Cementaries	$142,603	$27,188
Mary E Lee	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$27,187
Patrick B. Manning	2025	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$99,728	$27,185
Robert Douglas Ferrari	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$186,905	$27,185
Richard A. Walker	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$27,185
Philip Robert Byrne	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$169,880	$27,184
Stephen Chin	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Bomb Squad	$0	$27,184
Joanne Byrne	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$173,392	$27,183
Dennis L Keeley	2014	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Technician	$0	$27,183
Sean E Coppney	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$27,181
Brian Joseph McDermott	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$162,983	$27,180
Michael J Davis	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$27,179
Michael P Devine	2018	Traffic Division	Traffic Sign Supv	$0	$27,178
Courtney A Powell	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$27,178
Hubert G Valmond	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$27,177
Dowayne O. Lewis	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Auto Invest 4$10	$0	$27,175
Michael F Durant	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$27,175
Scott James Alther	2015	Public Works Department	Supn-Automotive Maint(Cfm)	$0	$27,175
Thomas John Foley	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$27,174
Shawn M. Brown	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$27,173
Jose Luis Padilla	2023	Parks Department	Gen Maint Mech Frprs##	$115,227	$27,173
Gregory Lynch	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$27,172