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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
Vencenzio Daddieco	2022	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$133,127	$14,050
Sean Bardol	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$14,050
Joseph Upton	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$127,258	$14,050
Richard L Mercer	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,050
Edwin S Melecio	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,050
Richard Estrella	2020	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$14,050
Paul J. McCarthy	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$14,049
Paul Kelly	2013	Boston Fire Department	Wkg Frpr Linepr & Cablesplicer	$0	$14,049
Matthew Joseph Drouin	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,048
Steven Ennis Kasper	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,048
Alexis Maldonado	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$14,048
Kelly Ann Howe	2024	Public Works Department	Public Works Hokey	$53,170	$14,048
David A Hanson	2019	BPS Facility Management	Jr Custodian	$0	$14,048
John Johnson	2017	Public Works Department	Highway Maint Inspector##	$0	$14,048
Joseph A Ford Jr.	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$14,047
Nicholas J Clifford	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,047
John J. Dooley	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$14,046
Matthew Thomas Arseneault	2015	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,046
Stephen M Avellino	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$14,046
Paul D Gillis	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,045
Vincent James Provenzano	2017	Public Works Department	Supv-Highway Maint (Pwd)	$0	$14,045
Duane B Jenkins	2012	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,045
Joseph R Sullivan	2015	Public Works Department	Prin Electrical Engineer	$0	$14,045
Richard J Scott	2016	Inspectional Services Dept	Plumbing Inspector##	$0	$14,044
Andrew Creed	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$14,044
Kristopher Michael Creighton	2016	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$14,042
John J. Foley	2015	Boston Fire Department	Sr Admin Asst (Fire)	$0	$14,042
Myles David Haynes Sr.	2014	Public Works Department	Maint Mech (LightServRep/App)	$0	$14,041
Jose M Alfonso	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$14,040
John G Jackson	2018	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$14,039
David Fernando Hernandez	2016	Boston Police Department	CommunEquipOp III, R-13 (CT)	$0	$14,038
Ronald L. Cook	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician	$0	$14,038
Rachel H. McGuire	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$14,038
Timothy J Golden	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Comm Serv Offc 3$8	$0	$14,038
Patrick C Hayden	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,037
Rodney O. Marshall	2014	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$0	$14,037
Lisa M McEachern	2015	Boston Police Department	Management Analyst (Bpd)(Asse)	$0	$14,037
Arthur Tsionis	2015	Dpt of Innovation & Technology	Exec Asst	$0	$14,036
Joel Tee Cruz	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$14,036
John G Jackson	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$14,035
Susan Gillis	2015	Boston Police Department	Sr Admin Anl	$0	$14,035
John Harvey Newton Jr.	2025	Procurement	Mailroom Equipment Operator	$93,798	$14,035
Amidu Gbola Falade	2016	Public Works Department	Sr Civil Engineer	$0	$14,035
Scott Pulchansingh	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$14,035
James Francis Haines	2011	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$14,034
Jeffrey Richardson Lynch Jr.	2017	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$14,034
Richard W Trull	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$193,209	$14,034
Stephen W. Hodges	2014	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$14,034
Thomas P. Taylor	2013	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$14,033
Nicole W LaPointe	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$14,032