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 Hessler 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $149,027 $33,603
Christopher Everett Benson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $149,015 $22,094
Christopher Everett Benson 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $149,015 $22,094
Silvia N. Gonzalez-Powers 2024 Teaching & Learning Instructional Coach $149,014 $0
Christopher Paul Conley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $149,014 $22,505
Benjamin Michael Waterfall 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $149,013 $1,335
Benjamin Michael Waterfall 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $149,013 $1,335
Matthew Kellen Gaffey 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $149,012 $18,772
Daniel P McGoff 2025 Charlestown High Teacher $149,011 $0
Nicholas G. Sacramona 2025 Planning & Engineering Chief Supv Of I/M - Security $149,007 $28,384
Michael R Lester 2025 UP Academy Dorchester Director Of Instruction $149,006 $0
Ester S Louis-Jeudi 2024 Roosevelt K-8 Teacher $149,006 $0
Christine M. Cavanaugh Johnston 2023 Ohrenberger 3-8 Social Worker/Coordinator $149,005 $0
Maria Margoth Ramirez-Johnson 2025 Hurley K-8 Instructional Coach $148,993 $0
Crystal Cobb Collier 2025 Teaching & Learning Teacher $148,991 $0
Edwin A Alvarez 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $148,991 $13,531
Kevin Shaughnessy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,982 $25,465
Kevin Shaughnessy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,982 $25,465
Cheryl A Windle 2023 Burke High Clinical Coordinator $148,981 $0
Gregory Falta 2024 Madison Park Tech Vocational Teacher $148,973 $0
Ellen Tuite 2025 Shaw-Taylor Elementary School Teacher $148,972 $0
Sugeily Santos 2024 Curley K-8 Student Dev Counselor (1) $148,971 $0
John L. Samuel 2023 Property Management Security Supv (Prot Serv) $148,970 $69,307
Gail E Hackett 2025 Treasury-Treasury Division Senior Advisor $148,970 $0
Jennifer W. Maconochie 2025 Boston Police Department Exec Asst (BPD) $148,970 $0
Linda Y. Pagan-Graves 2025 ASD Human Resources Division Director $148,970 $0
TeeAra Dias 2024 Early Childhood Director (NonAcad) D $148,963 $0
Robert Lee 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $148,960 $24,052
Mary Katherine McKinnon 2024 Mather Elementary Teacher $148,960 $0
Raymond Edgar Boly 2025 Assessing Department Dir of Valuation $148,959 $0
Jay Greenspan 2025 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Senior Director $148,959 $0
Robert Brian Kelly 2025 Boston Fire Department Chief Technology Officer $148,959 $0
Emily A Bletzer 2025 ASD Human Resources Dir of Health Benefits $148,959 $0
Christine Dennehy 2023 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Prin Dp Sys Anal-Dp $148,958 $0
Christine Dennehy 2022 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Prin Dp Sys Anal-Dp $148,958 $0
Keith Robert Murphy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,954 $18,534
Angel Munoz Alvarado 2025 O'Bryant School of Math & Sci Teacher $148,954 $0
Marie Ann Murray 2023 Auditing Department Asst City Auditor $148,954 $21,174
Marie Ann Murray 2022 Auditing Department Asst City Auditor $148,954 $21,174
Walter T Mitchell 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $148,953 $31,331
Kayla M Carroll 2023 Boston Police Department EmergCommSpec-911Trainer $148,951 $58,180
Sevan P. Marinilli 2025 Curley K-8 Teacher $148,947 $0
Bridget W Hennen 2024 Beethoven Elementary Teacher $148,946 $0
Eamon Michael Kavanagh 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,942 $17,555
Patricia A Senier 2024 O'Donnell Elementary Teacher $148,940 $0
Jeffrey Smith 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $148,939 $6,380
Jeffrey Smith 2022 Boston Police Department Police Officer $148,939 $6,380
Andrew J Guerini III 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $148,938 $29,690
Brian E James 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,934 $21,213
Brian E James 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,934 $21,213