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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
Taylor Lee Green	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$261,314	$69,557
Matthew L. Smith	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$302,113	$69,557
Scott J Malone	2025	Boston Fire Department	Dep Fire Chief Administration	$355,294	$69,555
Eric M. Merner	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$69,554
Robert Flynn	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$69,553
Thomas J Porter	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$69,549
Nytisha D Brown	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$191,489	$69,533
Kevin P Finn	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$69,532
Derrick S. Levy	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$246,327	$69,524
Agnaldo P Monteiro	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$69,510
Michael C. Harrington	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$69,507
John P Conroy	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant (Det)	$268,702	$69,506
John P Conroy	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant (Det)	$268,702	$69,506
Michael Doyle	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$262,881	$69,499
Desmond Gales	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$199,541	$69,484
Brian D Albert	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$69,483
Kevin Gerard Shelley	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$165,108	$69,454
Frederick P Kennedy	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$189,732	$69,443
Frederick P Kennedy	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$189,732	$69,443
Kenneth Turner	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$69,432
Joseph E. DiGirolamo	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant/Hdq Dispatch	$0	$69,431
Jason S Gilmore Sr.	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant/AcadInstructor	$0	$69,421
Robert F Figueroa	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$69,407
William J Flaherty	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$0	$69,397
Patrick Edward Byrne	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$69,388
Robert T England	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$69,382
Allison Berry-O'Toole	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$288,880	$69,370
Sixto Merced	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$69,358
Eric McPherson	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$69,357
Joseph M Smith	2025	Traffic Division	Superintendent of Enforcement	$210,315	$69,327
Linda E Stanford	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$69,324
Kit W Tong	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/FgrPrt Ev Tch 4$10	$216,614	$69,323
Robert A Griffin	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$69,321
Lenin H Frederick	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$69,311
James F Shone	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$198,752	$69,310
James F Shone	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$198,752	$69,310
John L. Samuel	2023	Property Management	Security Supv (Prot Serv)	$148,970	$69,307
Gerrard Lett	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$69,295
Kenneth R O'Brien	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$69,291
Richard Slamin	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$69,288
Darryn L Brown	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$69,282
Mark Joseph McKeown	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$232,959	$69,258
Edward J Curley	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer Hdq Dispatch	$0	$69,255
Joshua J. DeLaRosa	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$168,206	$69,227
Gregory W Curry	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$255,864	$69,224
Patrick B Santry	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant/Mobile Oper	$0	$69,205
Juan Henriquez	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$261,634	$69,198
Noah Dunton Farr	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain-Technician	$261,070	$69,175
Paul W Murphy	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$69,171
Robert M Charbonnier	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$245,867	$69,163