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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
Stephen M Flaherty	2025	Public Works Department	Prin Admin Asst	$126,183	$15,795
Benny B Lee	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$15,795
Christopher J Ross	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$15,795
Michael Stephen Grenham	2021	BPS Facility Management	Sen Cust C	$77,737	$15,795
Lirida C Alfonso-Colon	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Clerk And Typist	$72,279	$15,795
Paul Joseph McIrney	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$15,795
Pilar Sanchez	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$15,794
Stephan H Oliveira	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC	$0	$15,793
Gary S. Mottola	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$15,792
Ryan Donahue	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$266,036	$15,792
James L Scanlon	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,791
Robert E. Hayes	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant Administration	$0	$15,790
Ariana Hughes	2023	Boston Police Department	Police Clerk And Typist	$65,906	$15,790
Stephen Shields	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$15,790
Margarita Boudreau	2018	Boston Police Department	Communic. EquipOp II 9II(SS)	$0	$15,790
Keith Berk	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,789
Cornell Horton	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,789
Patrick Gerard McCabe	2021	Inspectional Services Dept	Building Inspector##	$90,634	$15,789
Sean Mulry Sullivan	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$146,675	$15,789
Robert F Campbell	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$15,788
Jennifer Shalett Crosby	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,787
Samuel Wester Johnson	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$180,184	$15,787
Marcus Anderson	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$15,787
Richard K Callow	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain	$0	$15,787
Robert F Costine	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$15,786
Edward S. Saniuk	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$15,785
Casey Marie Kelliher	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$119,846	$15,785
Nelson Santiago	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,785
Nathaniel Ryan Dougan	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,784
Kevin Gerard Shelley	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$15,784
Raymond Chan	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$15,783
Fundador Morales	2018	Boston Fire Department	FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp)	$0	$15,782
Francis Sullivan X	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Alarm Operator	$0	$15,781
Eric James Lamb	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,781
Michael P. Paradis	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$193,419	$15,780
Darlene Tevnan	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Dispatcher	$0	$15,779
Michael P. DiAngelis	2015	BPS Facility Management	Head Grounds Keeper	$0	$15,778
Myron W Phillips	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$15,778
Bruce Kwong	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$15,777
Michael P Thornton	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,777
Daniel Joseph Murphy	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,777
Richard F Fullam	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,776
Jayla Eliana Gonzalez	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$181,481	$15,776
Amanda C Kennedy	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Clerk And Typist	$0	$15,774
Jerzy Wasilewski	2025	Boston Police Department	Sr Bldg Custodian (BPD)##	$72,252	$15,774
David M O'Sullivan	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$219,165	$15,773
Steven P Bradley	2012	Boston Fire Department	FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec	$0	$15,773
Eric P. Des Roches	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$15,772
Joel Tee Cruz	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$15,772
Brian T Coppney	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$15,772