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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
Elbert Miguel Pereira	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,128
Joseph E Brown	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$216,548	$16,128
Timothy Shields	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,127
Timothy S Dale	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,126
Philip Jeremiah Holda	2021	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$146,311	$16,126
Steven D Tylerbest	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,126
John J McManus	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,126
Colin P. Kelly	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$16,126
Robert E Broadway	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,124
John Joseph Houlihan	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$130,744	$16,124
Christopher Finn	2017	Boston Police Department	Criminalist II	$0	$16,123
Kevin Egan	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,123
Richard I Pruitt	2016	Boston Police Department	Sr Radio Communications Tech	$0	$16,123
Kim Tavares	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$178,928	$16,123
Maria De Los Angeles Garcia	2025	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$68,685	$16,122
Donald E Foley	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$170,202	$16,122
Shawn M O'Neil	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$0	$16,122
Kevin McCarey	2015	Boston Fire Department	Frpr-Lineperson&Cable Splicers	$0	$16,122
Brian Hardiman Jr	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,122
William J McCarthy	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,120
Brian J. Denomy	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,119
Michael P Warren	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Canine 2$6	$0	$16,119
Ronald L. Cook	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,118
Charles F. Follett	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,117
Vincent W. Collins	2011	Boston Fire Department	Wkg Frpr Linepr & Cablesplicer	$0	$16,116
Danny D Ryan	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,115
Ciaran Murphy	2018	Boston Police Department	Cadet (Police)	$0	$16,115
Telly M Cordova	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,115
Raymond J Gentile	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,115
Douglas Philip Menard	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,115
Kellen F Burke	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,114
Jamie Joseph Walsh Jr.	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$149,082	$16,114
James M Doyle	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$16,114
Peter Karlsson Smedberg	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,114
Bryan Dale	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,113
William Y Walker	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$16,112
Lorenzo Tinnirello	2023	Traffic Division	Traffic Signal Inspector	$96,052	$16,111
Martin Francis Dunlap	2024	Inspectional Services Dept	Building Inspector##	$112,435	$16,111
Dana Bradley	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,110
Robyn L Bonds	2019	Parks Department	Animal Room Attendant	$0	$16,109
Michael Nucci	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$16,109
Robert J Connolly	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$16,108
Luis J. Hornedo	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,107
Kemi T Pham	2023	Election Division	Sr Asst Registrar Of Voters	$80,592	$16,107
Emmanuel Rodriguez	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,106
Lamar D. Capehart	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$16,106
Richard Mace	2017	Boston Police Department	Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD	$0	$16,104
Bem I. Claiborne	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$170,916	$16,103
Alton Donovan Barrett	2020	Public Works Department	Spec Hvy Meo	$0	$16,103
James Alieu	2018	Parks Department	Park Maint Foreprs##	$0	$16,103