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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
Paul E. Hayward	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,731
Keith Patrick Hanson	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$157,330	$21,730
Gregory D Waldrip	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$143,510	$21,729
Anthony Sutera Jr.	2023	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$86,580	$21,727
Anthony Sutera Jr.	2022	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$86,580	$21,727
Keith Tolland	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,727
Charbel B. Kamel	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,727
Joseph W Spinale	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,727
James T. Cullity	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$21,727
Samuel K. Milligan	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$21,724
Eddie Hernandez	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$21,723
Tisha L Murphy	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$21,723
Terence J. Flaherty	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,721
Sarah-Jane Hassan McDaid	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,721
Thomas P Quinn	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,719
Michael Curly Ronayne	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$21,716
Edward A Godinho	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$21,715
Sean Cullen	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,715
Christopher M. McCarron	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$166,352	$21,715
Kevin Callahan	2018	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$21,714
Catherine Janet Stamnos Simmons	2016	Property Management	Sr Computer Oper (Shift Supv)	$0	$21,714
Connor Hardy	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,713
Sean Lee	2024	Traffic Division	Sr Traffic Signal Repairprs II	$98,113	$21,712
Arthur J. Hall-Brewster	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$129,009	$21,711
James M O'Sullivan	2024	Boston Police Department	Criminalist II	$105,016	$21,710
Andrew Creed	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$21,710
Alexander Thomas Berte Jr.	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$159,443	$21,710
Georges E Moise	2011	Property Management	Sr Admin Asst (Shift Supv)	$0	$21,709
Douglas M Felton	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$21,708
James Michael Sullivan-Venezia	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,708
Brendan Wheeler	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$136,197	$21,708
Eddie Echevarria	2018	Boston Fire Department	FF (FPD Special Hazards Insp)	$0	$21,706
Patricia M Durant	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$206,530	$21,706
Matthew Spillane	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$21,705
Troy T Osgood	2013	Boston Fire Department	FF(TrainigInstructor)AdvTech	$0	$21,705
Joseph Rodney Fritz	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$129,717	$21,704
Bryan E Snell	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,704
Tyraun Barboza	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$161,764	$21,703
Joel Rodriguez	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$136,315	$21,703
Joel Rodriguez	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$136,315	$21,703
Brian Lee Espinoza	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$161,521	$21,702
Kerin A Cunningham	2020	Boston Fire Department	Supv - Management Svcs	$0	$21,702
Yrene E Castillo	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$132,959	$21,702
Yrene E Castillo	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$132,959	$21,702
Matthew Burton	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,702
Christopher J Morrison	2020	Boston Fire Department	FIU Supervisor Photo Unit	$0	$21,701
Scott J Malone	2012	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$21,700
Nicholas Vincent Rizzo	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,697
Thomas B Brittan	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,697
Thomas William Beard	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$175,398	$21,696