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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
Michael E O'Dwyer	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,263
Mina Sobhy	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$147,804	$18,263
John R Berthiaume	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$192,059	$18,263
Peter J. Messina	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$18,262
Kevin Ford	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,262
James Raymond Hughes	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$162,799	$18,261
Richard Shawn Higgins	2023	Public Facilities Department	Clerk of Works II (PFD)	$123,580	$18,261
Maureen A Moore	2020	BPS Human Resource Team	Pr Admin Clerk 31	$0	$18,261
Julio Oliva-Asturias	2016	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$0	$18,261
Dominic P DiMarzo	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,260
John J Dolan	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$18,259
Anthony J O'Brien	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$18,258
Brian F Yandle	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$162,018	$18,258
Brian F Yandle	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$162,018	$18,258
Braedan Gerard Kerins	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$141,361	$18,258
Jose Hernandez	2015	Parks Department	Park Maint Foreprs##	$0	$18,257
Joseph McSorley	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,257
Sean Ryan Harrington	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$168,733	$18,257
Arthur M McCarthy	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,257
Robert Cope	2018	Parks Department	Park Maint Foreprs##	$0	$18,257
Michael J Walsh	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$0	$18,256
Brian P Holmes	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,256
Patricia Anne Lyons	2024	Boston Retirement System	Admin Asst (Finance)	$119,514	$18,255
Michael Paul Ferraro	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$154,567	$18,255
Jonathan W Barrow	2024	Traffic Division	Parking Meter Opr Person I##	$77,907	$18,254
Jeremiah Francis Foley	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$18,254
Matthew Spillane	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,254
Ryan Joseph Roach	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC	$0	$18,253
Devlin Conor Foley	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$117,521	$18,253
Eri A Melo	2017	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Oper & Pw Lbr	$0	$18,253
Stephen Patrick Burke	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$106,503	$18,253
Michael S Santry	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Auto Invest 4$10	$0	$18,251
James E Crudup	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC	$0	$18,249
Carol A. Petta	2011	Boston Fire Department	Prin Admin Asst	$0	$18,249
Luis A Palermo	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$18,248
Phillip A Owens	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$18,248
Michael Taylor	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,247
Frank Nogueira	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$0	$18,245
William J Hogan	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$18,245
Rene Roumo	2017	Boston Fire Department	FF Paid Detail Officer	$0	$18,244
Dawn E Gillis	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$146,605	$18,244
Ryan Keough	2024	Public Works Department	Jr Civil Eng	$77,544	$18,244
Elizabeth C Evans	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$171,701	$18,244
Tillman J. Coy	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$18,243
Thomas J. Scanlan	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$18,243
Robert Paul Driscoll	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$0	$18,243
Christopher Bailey	2017	Boston Police Department	Sergeant/Harbor Patrol	$0	$18,242
Ryan Michael Bickerton	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$18,241
Ramadani Abdul-Aziz	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$18,239
Dennis Concepcion Jr.	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$18,238