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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
Anthony Lawrence Renzi	2013	Boston Fire Department	Lineperson	$0	$21,855
Ioan Truta	2024	Boston Police Department	Criminalist IV	$146,614	$21,855
Kevin Patrick Ranahan	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain Administration	$188,594	$21,854
Kevin M Cavanaugh	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,854
Timothy G. Trull	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,853
Stephen Keenan	2020	Boston Police Department	Sr Radio Communications Tech	$0	$21,853
Jennifer Aubry	2017	Boston Police Department	Communic. EquipOp II 9II(SS)	$0	$21,852
Nicholas Armani Ribeiro	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$124,426	$21,851
Susan M Pettengill	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$21,851
Nancy M Dankers	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$236,572	$21,851
Janet P. Lewis	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Acad Instr 2$6	$0	$21,850
Jennifer Aubry	2023	Boston Police Department	Communic. EquipOp II 9II(SS)	$61,733	$21,849
Jennifer Aubry	2022	Boston Police Department	Communic. EquipOp II 9II(SS)	$61,733	$21,849
Aaron R Becker	2015	Boston Fire Department	Assoc Inspec Engineer (Fire)	$0	$21,849
Michael Blaney	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$147,967	$21,849
Michael Blaney	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$147,967	$21,849
Timothy Michael Caulfield	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,849
Clark Kent	2023	Parks Department	Laborer (Park)	$66,349	$21,848
Michael Andrade	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,848
Rico Lucien	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,846
Dany Matos	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,844
Christopher J Keaton	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,844
Allison Berry-O'Toole	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$21,843
Kevin D. Rooney	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,843
Michael C. Lozanne	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,843
Jeremiah Goodwin	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,842
Joseph Albert Caggiano	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$148,548	$21,842
Robert Patrick Creaven	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$185,739	$21,841
Joseph A. Schandorf	2014	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$21,839
Stephen F. Daly	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$21,839
Michael Sullivan	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC	$167,466	$21,839
Juan Henriquez	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,838
Brendan E Cavanaugh	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,834
Lendail McDowall	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,834
John J. Sciara	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$21,833
George H. Wooding	2015	Parks Department	Motor Equip Oper & Lbr (P&R)	$0	$21,833
Joseph A Ford Jr.	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$164,414	$21,832
Roy A. Marshall	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$21,832
Michael J Connolly	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant (Det)	$222,001	$21,832
Michael J Connolly	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant (Det)	$222,001	$21,832
Tyrone A Marshall	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$200,003	$21,832
Brett R. Hardy	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$21,830
Ryan H. Manning	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,829
Patrick M Slattery	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$21,828
Michael B. Carey	2021	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Technician	$218,306	$21,828
Horacio D. Brienza	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$21,828
James D Bowden	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$151,406	$21,827
James D Bowden	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$151,406	$21,827
Terrell Hicks	2021	Boston Police Department	Head Clerk & Secretary	$82,835	$21,827
Patrick O'Leary	2013	Boston Police Department	Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD	$0	$21,826