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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
Terrence Shane Burke	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,207
Timothy P Gravel	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$151,844	$23,207
Kamau Pritchard	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,207
James Alexander Miller	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$189,018	$23,207
James S Moccia	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,206
Michael Sameski V	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$23,206
Bryan E. O'Connor	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$153,002	$23,205
Miguel A. Salas	2014	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$23,205
John E Martin	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$186,474	$23,205
Thomas J Finn	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,205
Michael Donovan	2013	Public Works Department	Supv-Street Lighting (Pwd)	$0	$23,205
Lino Carlo Viola	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$23,204
Norberto B Perez	2015	Boston Police Department	PoliceSergeant/SupvCourtCases	$0	$23,204
Daniel P. Fagan	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$23,199
Margaret A. Murphy	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$23,198
Isaac Florez	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$23,198
Jose M Teixeira	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$23,198
Kyle Peter Taylor	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$168,552	$23,198
Stephen J Mullin	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$23,197
Arthur D Espinosa	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$23,197
Edward W Neff	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$23,192
Robert B Callery	2016	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$23,192
Thomas Kelley	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$137,795	$23,192
Kit W Tong	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,191
Kenneth Marrero	2014	Boston Fire Department	FF (Asst Dive Mast)	$0	$23,191
Jorge A Rojas	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-Technician	$0	$23,190
Carlos Nieves	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$23,190
John J McManus	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$23,189
William Alden Hull	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,189
Arthur Moy	2020	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$23,188
Christopher Wayne Springer	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$165,830	$23,186
James Prince	2016	Boston Fire Department	IncidentCommandTechtoFireComm	$0	$23,186
Martin J. Kain	2016	Election Division	Admin Asst	$0	$23,184
David P. O'Sullivan	2014	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$23,184
Darnell Toomer V	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,183
James Williams	2018	Public Works Department	Hvy Mtr Equip Oper & P W Lbr	$0	$23,182
Kevin M McCarthy	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$206,920	$23,182
Kerri Thibeau	2025	Planning & Engineering	Sen Supv Schl Bldg Electrical	$133,669	$23,182
Antonette C Cabral	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Juvenile Offc 4$10	$0	$23,182
Michael John Boulger	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,181
Joshua Herve Gaston	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,180
Robert Matthew Manning	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$23,178
Daniel P Donahue	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,178
Keith F. Fleming	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$23,178
Anthony Ortiz	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$23,177
Edgar Rodriguez	2018	Boston Fire Department	FF(TrainigInstructor)AdvTech	$0	$23,176
Andrew David Kelly	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$23,174
Brian Ruka	2016	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$23,174
Christopher J. Neff	2024	Parks Department	Supn-Park Maint	$128,717	$23,172
Kevin Luddy	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$153,321	$23,172