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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 J McDonough	2025	Procurement	Mailroom Supervisor	$124,817	$19,663
Laura L Dickerson	2016	Boston Police Department	Prin Admin Asst (Bpd/Adm.)	$0	$19,662
Kenneth L. Mays	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,661
Richard W Trull	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,661
Pedro E Sazo	2023	Boston Police Department	Building Maintenance Mechanic	$71,210	$19,661
William P MacDonald	2023	Public Works Department	Drawtender##	$98,072	$19,661
Michael E Curry	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Acad Instr 2$6	$0	$19,661
Martin P McCormack	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain-Technician	$0	$19,660
Joseph J. P. Connolly	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,659
Maureen A Moore	2025	Office of Human Resources BPS	HRIS Specialist 33	$116,577	$19,658
William M Rogers	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,658
Michael Okafor	2024	Inspectional Services Dept	Supv of Building Inspection	$136,199	$19,658
John Francis Perucich III	2021	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$72,838	$19,656
Horace N Kincade	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer Hdq Dispatch	$0	$19,655
Keith R. Wood	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,654
Mark Osis Jr.	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$210,629	$19,654
Adriel Emil Carvajal	2024	Public Works Department	Maint Mech(LightSvcRpr)(Pwd)##	$73,377	$19,654
Matthew Christopher Little	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$135,930	$19,653
Jose Alberto Figueroa	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$174,373	$19,652
Jeffrey C Connolly	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,652
Brian D Doherty	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$19,651
David N. Carabin	2015	Boston Police Department	Exec Asst (BPD)	$0	$19,651
Daphney Orion	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,650
Brett Curry	2016	Boston Public Library	Sr Bldg Custodian-Traveling	$0	$19,650
Scott D Wahlen	2015	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$19,649
Timothy M Bradshaw	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,649
Nora Marie Piemonte	2024	Election Division	Asst Registrar of Voters I	$77,718	$19,648
Derik James Van Dyke	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,647
Earl O Perkins	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$130,396	$19,646
Earl O Perkins	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$130,396	$19,646
Timothy Patrick Sprague	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,645
Lucas Che Aviles	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$149,574	$19,642
Michael Patrick Tuohy	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,642
Karen A Jeanetti	2021	BPS School Safety Service	Sergeant-Bps Police	$86,252	$19,640
Mark T Foley	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$19,640
Brendan Daly McCarthy	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$162,511	$19,640
Huy Ngo	2016	Election Division	Asst Reg Voters	$0	$19,639
Edward E Munroe	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$19,639
Michael E Davis	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,639
Dawn E Gillis	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$139,739	$19,639
Thomas Goodmen Connelly	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$19,637
Matthew A. Kervin	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$19,636
Dianna Collins	2013	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$0	$19,636
Kevin G. McCarthy	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$156,696	$19,636
Paula F Pearson	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,635
Carmen M Rivera	2021	Election Division	Admin Asst	$112,777	$19,635
Mark Anthony Dunnigan	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain Administration	$233,768	$19,634
Phu Pham	2018	Election Division	Asst Reg Voters	$0	$19,634
Daniel Thomas Conroy Jr.	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$19,634
Marc A Sanders	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,634