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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
Bryan Francis Higgins	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$16,869
Casley K Bailey	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$159,660	$16,868
Patricia M Darosa	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Comm Serv Offc 3$8	$144,427	$16,868
Sean Pero	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$0	$16,868
James K Cheatham	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,868
Liam James Pero	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,867
Timothy S Dale	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-Technician	$0	$16,867
James P Leary	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$16,867
Terence O'Neil	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer Hdq Dispatch	$0	$16,866
Paul T. Capeless	2013	Boston Fire Department	FF (Inct Comnd Sp) DEP	$0	$16,866
Puthy Buth	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,866
Luis Isildo M Araujo	2019	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$16,865
Jeremy G. Washburn	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,864
Allan P. Morse	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,863
Todd M Brown	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Bomb Squad	$0	$16,863
John Beauchemin	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,863
Thomas Andrew Kineavy	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$144,878	$16,861
Joseph Johnson	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,861
Michael Brendan Flemming	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,861
Mark Buchanan	2011	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$16,861
James Francis Haines	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,861
Philip Yang	2025	Boston Retirement System	Admin Asst	$110,317	$16,860
Paul F Burke	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$16,860
Brian Fitzgibbon	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,859
Shawn Joseph Hardiman	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,859
Thomas E. Sullivan	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$16,858
Daniel Elliott Ciccolo	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,857
Natasha Gumbs-Levarity	2018	Boston Police Department	Data Proc Sys Analyst	$0	$16,857
Derek Kelley	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,857
Joseph W Spinale	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,857
Michael John Joyce	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$141,621	$16,856
Michael Patrick Tuohy	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,856
Lamar D. Capehart	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,854
John M Kilroe	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,854
Matthew Christopher Little	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$137,798	$16,853
Philip Joseph Kearney	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,852
James Boyle V	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-Technician	$0	$16,851
Kevin Peckham	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,848
James M MacKinnon	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$178,026	$16,848
Eric Bucca	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,847
Mark Eugene Williams	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,846
Robert Myers	2013	Transportation Department	Vehicle Impound Specialist ##	$0	$16,845
Mac Francis Luciani	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,845
Deirdre Crowley	2016	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$0	$16,844
Robert Todd Smith	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech	$0	$16,843
Timothy G. Laham	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$178,414	$16,841
Jennifer Shalett Crosby	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,841
Michael Gerard Lynch	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,841
Christopher Wayne Springer	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,841
Martin Francis Dunlap	2023	Inspectional Services Dept	Building Inspector##	$105,893	$16,840