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
Danielle D. Murray 2025 Boston Latin Asst Headmaster $157,827 $0
Jose Cancel 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,826 $33,343
Robert J MacLean 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,822 $4,759
Jenny Eva Jacobs 2025 English High Teacher $157,820 $0
Sucre Y Figuereo Santana 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,818 $30,985
Ross William Patten 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,817 $60,296
Kelley A Curley 2025 Perry Elementary SpEd Support Svcs Coordinator $157,815 $0
Carlitta M. Camillo 2025 Lee Academy Principal Elementary $157,813 $0
Thomas Anthony Sousa 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,809 $23,078
Laura Williams 2024 Excel High Asst Headmaster $157,804 $0
Patreka Wood 2024 O'Bryant School of Math & Sci Head of School $157,802 $0
Nichole Grace Sylvester 2025 Tynan Elementary Teacher $157,797 $0
Brian N Ruane 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,788 $22,977
Michelle A Williams 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $157,784 $20,169
Michael Kerin 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,784 $32,288
Marcellus Parker 2025 Boston Police Department EmergCommSpec Dispatch Trainer $157,783 $40,960
Michelle Amanda Laibson Goldberg 2023 Boston City Council Central Staff Dir (CC) $157,780 $0
Sean A. Rooney 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $157,766 $31,534
Sean A. Rooney 2022 Boston Police Department Police Detective $157,766 $31,534
Jason Turcotte 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,764 $38,204
Rachel Petto 2025 Ellis Elementary Teacher $157,763 $0
Daniel M Cesario 2025 Tynan Elementary Instructional Coach $157,756 $0
Andrew C Lee 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,751 $35,561
Robert Michael Astrella 2023 Public Works Department Assoc Civil Engineer $157,746 $17,178
Robert Michael Astrella 2022 Public Works Department Assoc Civil Engineer $157,746 $17,178
Arielle Zoe Freeman 2024 Greenwood K-8 Instructional Coach $157,740 $0
Michael Destefano 2021 Boston Police Department Police Offc Acad Instr 2$6 $157,734 $47,679
James Stephen Philpott 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,723 $25,370
Pearse Thomas McIntyre Jr. 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,722 $16,484
Joseph J DeAngelo 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,717 $7,210
Jamie Joseph Walsh Jr. 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,711 $16,751
William Harvey Jr. 2024 Madison Park Tech Vocational Teacher $157,708 $0
Reginald Desir 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,707 $24,617
Avril Claire DePagter 2025 Mel H King South End Academy Instructional Coach $157,706 $0
Michael Ryan Sweeney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,696 $26,177
Michael Ryan Sweeney 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,696 $26,177
Stacy-Michelle Reid 2023 BPS Madison Park High Teacher $157,693 $0
Stacy-Michelle Reid 2022 BPS Madison Park High Teacher $157,693 $0
Francis Vincent Armstrong 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $157,692 $31,867
Robert John Walton 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,691 $35,946
Melissa Shearer Hamilton 2024 Ohrenberger 3-8 Teacher $157,691 $0
Jacqueline Marie Massua 2023 Boston Police Department Criminalist III $157,691 $37,581
Tracey N Phillips-Williams 2024 Curley K-8 Asst Principal Elementary $157,691 $0
Christopher Alvarez 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $157,690 $26,614
Christopher Joseph Wyse 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,687 $29,143
Joseph R Sullivan 2023 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $157,684 $22,538
Joseph R Sullivan 2022 Public Works Department Prin Admin Asst $157,684 $22,538
Ioan Truta 2023 Boston Police Department Criminalist IV $157,673 $23,509
Shakera Ford Walker 2024 Chief Academic Officer Asst Superintendent $157,665 $0
Joseph M. Briscoe 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $157,663 $11,422