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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
Frank Lee	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,503
Sean P Costello	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,501
David J Edwards	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$16,501
Troy M Harris	2023	Public Works Department	Chief Highway Const Inspector	$90,647	$16,498
Sean D. Ingram	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,498
James Wilson	2015	Property Management	Asst Supn-Custodians (Oper)	$0	$16,498
Brendan Anthony Lovett	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,498
Jerry T Tu	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$165,323	$16,497
Victor Ramirez	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,497
Michael G Dolan	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Alarm Operator	$0	$16,496
Terrence J Murray	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$229,083	$16,495
Robert T. Kilduff Jr.	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$16,494
Marcus Anderson	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,493
Kevin L Canada	2024	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Frprs (Pwd)##	$77,758	$16,493
David John Walsh	2016	Boston Fire Department	Dep Fire Chief Administration	$0	$16,492
William R Hasson	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$0	$16,492
Vincent P. Stancato	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,492
Allen Mathis	2011	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$16,492
Dennis M. Carr	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,492
John J. O'Keefe	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,491
Alan J Staunton	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$16,491
Frank Johannes Lang	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$16,490
Robert Cuddyer	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,489
William Slyne	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Comm Serv Offc 3$8	$0	$16,488
David Hernandez	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,488
Edward D. Bergdoll	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,488
Karen Hutton	2019	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$0	$16,487
Rafael Rivera	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,487
Dustin Horan	2023	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$101,520	$16,487
Charles K. Burch	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,487
Samuel Perez	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$16,487
Ellen McCarthy	2016	Boston Retirement System	Admin Asst (Finance)	$0	$16,487
Edward Holland Brodney	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,486
Robert M Lemire	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$166,656	$16,484
Terence Michael Mayo Jr.	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,484
Pearse Thomas McIntyre Jr.	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$157,722	$16,484
Robert J Connolly	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,484
Eric Schreiber	2023	Boston Fire Department	FF Paid Detail Officer	$171,438	$16,483
Eric Schreiber	2022	Boston Fire Department	FF Paid Detail Officer	$171,438	$16,483
Willie Lee Dupree	2021	Traffic Division	Chief Traffic Invest(Cat)	$78,796	$16,483
Denis J Fitzpatrick	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,483
Allison Eng	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,482
Christopher Alan Bird	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$117,053	$16,482
Edward J White	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,482
Frank A. Pomodoro	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$16,482
Adam John Cahill	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,480
Brian Winslow-Fortes	2019	Boston Police Department	Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD	$0	$16,480
Robert Jeremiah Vraibel	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$143,119	$16,479
David Thomas McSweeney	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,478
Justiniano Plaza	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$16,478