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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
Chardeza L Coleman	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$247,701	$21,368
Thuan D Lai	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,367
Mac Francis Luciani	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$193,212	$21,366
Francis Gerard Clines	2018	Boston Fire Department	FF (Frst Mar Eng Di)	$0	$21,366
Patrick J McDonough	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,366
Paul Falvey	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,366
Leon R Beasley	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,365
James P. Defeo	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant/CHF RADIO DISP	$210,554	$21,365
John D. Oliver	2024	Facilities Management	Sen Cust C/Nights	$104,231	$21,364
Baltazar Darosa	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,364
Lawrence R. Kenney	2023	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Sen Sup Sch Bldgs Heating&Ven	$102,904	$21,364
Lawrence R. Kenney	2022	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Sen Sup Sch Bldgs Heating&Ven	$102,904	$21,364
Matthew Paul Murphy	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$144,084	$21,364
Luis A Palermo	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,364
Edward T Norton	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$279,236	$21,362
Kenneth L Alicea	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,362
Christopher Paul Stockbridge	2014	Public Works Department	Code Enforcement Off(Srgt)	$0	$21,360
Roberto Ortiz	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC	$0	$21,359
Matthew C Vaitiskis	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$21,359
John Tevnan	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$21,357
Brian E James	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$149,891	$21,357
Christopher Alonzo	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$128,121	$21,357
Bradley J. Donahue	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$0	$21,356
Robert J. Calobrisi	2011	Boston Fire Department	Dep Fire Chief	$0	$21,354
Frederick J Boyle	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Comm Serv Offc 3$8	$0	$21,353
Casey S Owens	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,352
Robert Dillon	2024	Public Facilities Department	Clerk of Works II (PFD)	$126,432	$21,351
Brett R. Hardy	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$196,597	$21,351
Gregory R Heiskell	2024	Public Works Department	Permit Coordinator	$96,981	$21,349
Sheldon Terrell Mercer	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,349
Joseph M Provenzano	2023	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Technician	$216,030	$21,349
Joseph M Provenzano	2022	Boston Fire Department	District Fire Chief-Technician	$216,030	$21,349
Timothy J. Mills	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,348
Jibril Onaje Antar	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$184,906	$21,347
Christopher M. McCarron	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$21,347
Eric C Byron	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,346
Thomas M Brooks	2017	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Sen Supv Schl Bldg Electrical	$0	$21,346
Sean M Boyle	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$98,072	$21,345
Arthur Moy	2012	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$21,345
Gerald Garris	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$21,344
Daniel Casanova Thompson	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,344
Cassondra Ann Sullivan	2019	Boston Fire Department	Sr Fire Alarm Operator	$0	$21,344
Stephen M Doran	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,342
Ryan Geary	2018	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$21,342
Reivilo Degrave	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$21,340
Patrick Matthew Martin	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$21,340
Eric James Lamb	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$148,759	$21,339
Van Littleton	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain Administration	$0	$21,339
William M Coughlin	2015	Public Works Department	Dir of Fleet Management	$0	$21,338
Christian Coyne	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$137,800	$21,338