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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
John M Ridge	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$243,566	$24,033
Cara E Doyle	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$24,033
Brian C O'Callahan	2017	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Chief Electrical Engineer	$0	$24,032
Francis Sullivan X	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Alarm Operator	$0	$24,031
Daniel Patrick McDevitt	2013	Boston Fire Department	FF (Scuba Diver)	$0	$24,031
Wayne G Clarke	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$24,029
Nelida Chantelle Rodriguez	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$173,865	$24,027
Allen Mathis	2015	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$24,025
Ramon Garcia	2025	Public Works Department	Public Works Hokey	$63,740	$24,021
Herby Toussaint	2016	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr	$0	$24,019
Sean Patrick Gillespie	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$128,019	$24,019
Sean Patrick Gillespie	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$128,019	$24,019
Jerome A Hall-Brewster	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$24,019
Nadine Powell	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$24,019
John F Fitzpatrick	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$24,018
Eugene B Fortes	2019	Boston Fire Department	FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec	$0	$24,017
Richard J Johnson	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$173,138	$24,016
Jeffrey M Whitman	2014	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$24,016
Shondu Janey	2014	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$24,015
Mercedees Nancie Barnes-Jackson	2023	Boston Police Department	Emrgncy Comm Spec Police Dispa	$93,871	$24,014
Mercedees Nancie Barnes-Jackson	2022	Boston Police Department	Emrgncy Comm Spec Police Dispa	$93,871	$24,014
Salvatore Santostefano	2024	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$111,330	$24,014
Evon J Burroughs	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$143,597	$24,014
Randall E Bither	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$24,014
Amy Gregorio	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Alarm Operator	$0	$24,013
Riley C Cooper	2020	Parks Department	Park Maint Foreprs##	$0	$24,011
Minh Trinh	2024	Public Works Department	Jr Civil Eng	$80,150	$24,011
Mark P. Miller	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$24,011
Michael John Neves Luongo	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$198,388	$24,010
Robert Francis Pugsley III	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$148,425	$24,009
Matthew Keenan Dever	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$151,076	$24,009
Leonela Nunez	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$213,975	$24,008
Alton Donovan Barrett	2019	Public Works Department	Spec Hvy Meo	$0	$24,006
John Hollerbach	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$122,732	$24,006
John Hollerbach	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$122,732	$24,006
Schenice Coleman	2017	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$0	$24,006
Dennis Martin Kane	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$24,005
Mark Joseph Loewen	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$24,005
James B Conley	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$24,005
Claude N Defay	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$24,004
Matthew Thomas Arseneault	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$197,010	$24,003
Wilson Quiles	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$24,003
Oscar O. Francisco	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$24,003
Baltazar Darosa	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$24,003
James Steven White	2024	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$267,863	$24,002
Marwan J Moss	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$24,002
Allen Young Jr	2017	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$24,002
James Yee	2017	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Sen Supv Schl Bldg Electrical	$0	$24,001
Thomas McGrath	2023	Public Facilities Department	Clerk of Works II (PFD)	$134,516	$24,000
Samuel K. Milligan	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$179,357	$24,000