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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
Martin Taylor Lee	2011	Public Works Department	Sr Civil Engineer	$0	$16,704
David E Cardinal	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Offc/Bomb Squad	$0	$16,703
Robert M Bernard	2017	Traffic Division	WkgFrprsTraSignalRpprTest##	$0	$16,702
David J Montoya	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,702
Gabriel J. Clark	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,702
Ted R. Rivera	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,701
Michael J. McCarthy	2015	BPS Facility Mgmt/A & R	Sen Supv Schl Bldg Electrical	$0	$16,701
Julia M Rodriguez	2021	Boston Fire Department	FF (FPD Special Hazards Insp)	$165,201	$16,700
John Hollerbach	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,700
Kara Scialdone	2025	Boston Police Department	Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD	$89,435	$16,700
Kevin W. Hickey	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,700
Charles K. Burch	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,700
Nicholas Allen Santangelo	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,700
Kevin Thomas Lawler	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$127,418	$16,700
Anthony Thompson	2016	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$16,698
Michael J Leonard	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$16,698
Joseph H Canney	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$16,698
Joan A. Clifford	2019	BPS Human Resource Team	Pr Admin Clerk 29	$0	$16,698
Joseph Minehan	2021	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$223,903	$16,698
Michael S Mullen	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant-Technician	$0	$16,697
Mitchell j McCormick	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Bomb Squad	$0	$16,697
Thomas P Naughton	2011	Boston Public Schools	Sen Cust C	$0	$16,697
Eric McGovern Farr	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$133,540	$16,696
Eric McGovern Farr	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$133,540	$16,696
Jean-Louis G. Jean	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,696
Robert Michael Astrella	2015	Public Works Department	Assoc Civil Engineer	$0	$16,695
Ryan Conlon	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,694
Michael McCarthy	2017	Boston Fire Department	FF(IncidentCommandSp)DFC-AdvTe	$0	$16,694
Cedric Rui Cavaco	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$193,213	$16,691
Richard M McDermott	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,691
Angelo R Hernandez	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$0	$16,690
Jennifer E. Grogan	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,690
Robert Francis Hanton	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$208,199	$16,690
Paul F. McDonald	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,690
Tyler Daniel Jones	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$144,261	$16,690
Michael J. McCarthy	2012	Boston Public Schools	Asst Supv-Sch Bld El In & Mnt	$0	$16,689
Daniel Robert Isberg	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,689
Phillip A Owens	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$16,689
Ciro Feliciano	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,688
Michael F Fanning	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,688
Brian J Murray	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$16,687
Cody Michael Klein	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$139,715	$16,686
James E Frost	2018	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C/Nights	$0	$16,686
Richard A Shamshak	2015	Traffic Division	Sr Traffic Investigator	$0	$16,685
Christopher Wayne Springer	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$121,729	$16,685
Oscar Calderon	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,684
Darrell J Higginbottom	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$16,683
Christian Harris	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$212,109	$16,682
Kyle Peter Taylor	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,681
Lydell Pruit	2024	Facilities Management	Sen Cust C	$120,780	$16,680