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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
Patrick W. Hussey	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$19,607
Daniel A Moriarty	2013	Boston Police Department	Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD	$0	$19,607
Brian S Lynch	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,605
Bob Ojugbana	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,605
Sean C. McCarthy	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$19,604
Michael L Manning	2023	Facilities Management	Sen Cust C	$111,816	$19,603
Robert J Counihan Jr.	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$19,601
Daniel Laughlin Farina	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,599
Grant Leo Emde	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,598
Michael T. Goggin Jr.	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$143,930	$19,598
Jose A. Pina	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,598
Orville L Mason	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$119,908	$19,596
Orville L Mason	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$119,908	$19,596
Margene L Mills	2021	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$99,868	$19,595
Joseph M. Cloherty	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,595
Raymond Peter Tomasini	2019	Boston Police Department	Supn-Police Buildings	$0	$19,594
Jackal Lin	2020	Election Division	Sr Asst Registrar Of Voters	$0	$19,594
Richard Joseph Treanor	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,593
Thomas MacNeil	2019	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C/Nights	$0	$19,593
John R Berthiaume	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain-Technician	$0	$19,593
Stanley S Jean	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$253,543	$19,592
Sean F Kelly	2021	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$205,027	$19,592
Dana Anthony Dodson	2021	Traffic Division	Sr Parking Meter Supervisor I	$85,102	$19,592
Ward A Johnson	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,591
Shella Vetiac	2017	Boston Fire Department	Head Clerk	$0	$19,589
Janine Busby	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$19,589
Thomas J. Killion	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$184,429	$19,588
Gilbert Quinchia	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech	$0	$19,588
Ronald A White	2023	Boston Fire Department	Radio Operator (Bfd)	$175,847	$19,588
Ronald A White	2022	Boston Fire Department	Radio Operator (Bfd)	$175,847	$19,588
Keith Berk	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,585
Joseph h. McDonough	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,585
Shawn M. Donovan	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain Admn-Advance Tech	$347,948	$19,584
Patricia E Washington	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer Hdq Dispatch	$0	$19,583
Arthur D Espinosa	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$19,583
James E Crudup	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC	$0	$19,583
Bruce Errol Bates Jr.	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$19,582
Robert M Clark	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,582
Peter Cullen	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$176,936	$19,582
Peter Cullen	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$176,936	$19,582
Skye Robinson	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Juvenile Offc 4$10	$0	$19,582
Stephen Mark V	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$19,581
Richard G. Giglio	2018	Parks Department	Park Maint Foreprs##	$0	$19,580
James R Parker	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Bomb Squad	$0	$19,579
Nicole W LaPointe	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant (Det)	$191,356	$19,578
Patrice Bennett	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,577
Jefferson Vicente Magallanes	2024	Dpt of Innovation & Technology	Sr Data Proc Sys Anl	$135,079	$19,577
Carl E. Shorter	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$19,577
Patrick L Champagnie	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$19,577
Christopher P Fay	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$149,560	$19,576