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
Jason Matthew McKenna 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,944 $26,420
Matthew Giancarlo Anastasi 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,944 $27,665
Benjamin F Tisdale 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $166,941 $35,336
Benjamin F Tisdale 2022 Boston Police Department Police Detective $166,941 $35,336
Shaun M McBrien 2025 Boston Police Department Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6 $166,934 $31,708
Michael Golden 2023 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant $166,933 $14,682
Michael Golden 2022 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant $166,933 $14,682
Gerard Majella Giblin 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $166,930 $33,611
Brian James McCarthy 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,916 $21,786
Gregg D Bodell 2025 Kennedy PJ Elementary Teacher $166,916 $0
Michelle Amanda Laibson Goldberg 2024 Boston City Council Central Staff Dir (CC) $166,915 $0
John M Ridge 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $166,914 $13,261
James Patrick Duffy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $166,914 $18,783
Jake David Shetrawski 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $166,910 $14,587
Daniel D Gomes 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $166,906 $507
Keeghan H. O'Brien 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $166,903 $16,677
Richard Edward McLaughlin 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,897 $23,305
Daniel Ernest Gould 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $166,888 $16,023
Harold White 2021 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $166,881 $0
Robert Franklin Cannon 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,881 $50,219
Michael Robert Goggin 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (Scuba Diver) $166,877 $32,601
Natacha Dieudonne 2024 Mattahunt Elementary Asst Principal Elementary $166,875 $0
Joseph H. McDonough 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $166,870 $36,956
Christopher DiCicco 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $166,865 $17,654
Christopher DiCicco 2022 Boston Police Department Police Officer $166,865 $17,654
Patrick Joseph Fuhrman 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,860 $17,853
Paul A Edmeade 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,859 $33,560
Lianne Laura Hughes Shackelford 2025 Holmes Elementary Principal Elementary $166,835 $0
Edward Aloysius McCarthy III 2023 Boston Fire Department Radio Repairperson (Bfd) $166,834 $25,990
Edward Aloysius McCarthy III 2022 Boston Fire Department Radio Repairperson (Bfd) $166,834 $25,990
Bryan Francis Higgins 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $166,831 $21,274
Bryan Francis Higgins 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $166,831 $21,274
Dana Elizabeth ONeal Skelly 2025 Higginson-Lewis 3-8 Principal Middle $166,819 $0
Michael Patrick Chinetti 2025 Election Division Prin Admin Asst $166,816 $36,628
Rafael W. Acevedo 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $166,813 $8,877
Patrick S Langan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,810 $23,805
Monique Carter 2024 School Support Operational Leader $166,810 $0
Shawn Teeple 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,809 $30,745
James Stephen Philpott 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,790 $35,903
James Stephen Philpott 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,790 $35,903
Timothy P Duggan 2021 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $166,786 $4,951
Gregory Kelly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $166,781 $10,523
William Warren Hayhurst III 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $166,780 $5,784
Ryan David Higgins 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,779 $37,207
Michael John Manning III 2024 Public Works Department Sr Civil Engineer $166,760 $80,977
Richard S O'Neill 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Asst Dive Mast) $166,757 $36,929
Kristen E Goncalves 2024 Kennedy PJ Elementary Principal Elementary $166,757 $0
Daniel Martin Sullivan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,737 $19,552
Daniel Martin Sullivan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,737 $19,552
Robert Cuddyer 2025 Boston Police Department Police Offc Hackney Invest 3$8 $166,733 $3,593