City of Boston public payroll explorer

Top Paid Boston Payroll Records

The top-paid Boston payroll page lists the largest reported total gross pay records in the public dataset. This is a records view, not a ranking of unique people, and it is useful for understanding which departments, titles, and years appear most often near the top of the payroll distribution.

High-payroll record pages work best when they are paired with context. Use this leaderboard to see which record combinations of year, department, title, and employee name appear at the top of the dataset, then click through to the surrounding department or title pages for broader context.

Employee Year Department Title Total Gross Overtime
Casey Marie Kelliher 2025 Boston Police Department Police Detective $172,188 $25,378
Mark O'Connor 2023 Carter Principal Middle $172,177 $0
Bryan Edward Warner 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $172,167 $22,655
Antoine J Ramos 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $172,164 $33,396
Eamon D. Geoghegan 2021 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant $172,161 $10,340
Michelle R Simon 2025 Mozart Elementary Principal Elementary $172,160 $0
Michael E O'Dwyer 2023 Boston Police Department Police Offc/FgrPrt Ev Tch 4$10 $172,159 $64,857
Ellen McCarthy 2021 Boston Retirement System Comptroller $172,138 $43,893
Nicholas P Ariniello 2024 Assessing Department Commissioner (Asn) $172,135 $0
Keyanna Smith 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $172,133 $18,023
Gregory E. Hanley 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,133 $26,301
Edward Aloysius McCarthy III 2025 Boston Fire Department Radio Repairperson (Bfd) $172,132 $27,718
Christopher D Wright 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $172,131 $35,377
Christopher D Wright 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $172,131 $35,377
Cynthia Ann Soo Hoo 2023 BPS Quincy Elementary Principal Elementary $172,128 $0
Cynthia Ann Soo Hoo 2022 BPS Quincy Elementary Principal Elementary $172,128 $0
Alexis Maldonado 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $172,125 $39,251
Alexis Maldonado 2022 Boston Police Department Police Detective $172,125 $39,251
Steven Smigliani 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $172,121 $48,793
Joseph Buiel 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $172,111 $45,003
Joseph Buiel 2022 Boston Police Department Police Detective $172,111 $45,003
Thomas P. Taylor 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $172,110 $17,778
Richard L Garcia 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,083 $31,434
James McGarrell 2024 Boston Police Department EmergCommSpec Dispatch Trainer $172,083 $63,010
Derek M. Melendy 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $172,082 $32,110
Sidney Leroy Brown 2023 Madison Park Tech Vocational Head of School $172,080 $0
Christopher R Miller 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $172,077 $12,278
Christopher Charles Rooney 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $172,073 $38,604
Emma Fialka-Feldman 2024 Clap Elementary Principal Elementary $172,068 $0
Kenneth R Autio 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $172,065 $37,111
Kenneth R Autio 2022 Boston Police Department Police Detective $172,065 $37,111
Henry Baston 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Constituent Liaison Off) $172,062 $0
Billie Ann Kelly 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $172,056 $16,871
Wilber Calderon 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,049 $33,951
Wilber Calderon 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,049 $33,951
Vera T. Johnson 2021 English Language Learn Program Director (BASAS 11B) $172,049 $0
Joseph R Sullivan 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $172,049 $39,268
Claire K. Duffy 2025 Boston Police Department Police Detective $172,048 $17,112
Edward K Kwok 2023 Boston Police Department Police Offc Acad Instr 2$6 $172,047 $41,275
Stephanie J Sibley 2023 School Support Head of School $172,042 $0
Stephanie Grace Okeefe 2025 Office of Human Resources BPS Teacher $172,033 $0
Adilson Cardoso 2023 Boston Latin Academy School Counselor $172,031 $0
Brian J. Denomy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $172,028 $21,567
Marjorie D. Pita 2025 Hernandez Elementary School Teacher $172,028 $0
Sean E Wilson 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,023 $9,529
Kevin Joseph Kavanagh 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,016 $11,238
David R. Lanteigne 2023 Boston Police Department Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6 $172,009 $57,867
Ryan James Fullam 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $172,008 $50,261
Daniel J. Burns 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,007 $15,714
Daren A. Bradshaw 2023 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $172,004 $13,453