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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
Dana Suzanne Griswold 2024 East Boston EEC Specialist (BTU) $142,152 $0
Nicholas Dennis Costa 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $142,150 $10,637
Nicholas Dennis Costa 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $142,150 $10,637
Aida A. Luszczynska 2025 Edison Elementary School Teacher $142,149 $0
Michele M Merlino 2024 Murphy K-8 Instructional Coach $142,148 $0
Brian J Murray 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,148 $11,585
Casey Elizabeth Smith 2024 Frederick Pilot Middle Teacher $142,142 $0
Zachary James Houston 2023 BPS Special Education Assistant Director $142,139 $0
Zachary James Houston 2022 BPS Special Education Assistant Director $142,139 $0
Phillip Cheetham 2023 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Prin Dp Sys Anal-Dp $142,137 $1,277
Gretchen L. Grozier 2023 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Prin Dp Sys Anal-Dp $142,137 $348
Sean Daniely 2021 Boston Police Department Police Detective $142,137 $10,447
Joel Christopher McCarthy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,135 $18,880
Joel Christopher McCarthy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,135 $18,880
Elizabeth A. Matlin 2023 Kilmer K-8 Teacher $142,134 $0
Cherelle N. Webster-Payne 2025 Boston Day & Evening Academy Clinical Coordinator $142,133 $0
Priscilla Joseph 2024 Mattahunt Elementary Teacher $142,132 $0
Rebecca Poswolsky 2025 Hurley K-8 Teacher $142,132 $0
Alexa Tegtmeier 2023 Bradley Elementary Teacher $142,131 $0
Julie A Windwalker 2023 Kilmer K-8 Teacher $142,131 $0
Sean Patrick Bulger 2025 Higginson-Lewis 3-8 Instructional Coach $142,130 $0
Shu-Hua Lin 2025 Condon K-8 Teacher $142,123 $0
Lauren Fogarty Lafferty 2023 Gardner Pilot Academy Director (E) $142,119 $0
Matthew M Lydon 2025 Quincy Elementary Teacher $142,116 $0
Anna Clare Kelly 2024 ASD Intergvernmtl Relations Dir $142,115 $0
Daniel R. Bunker 2024 Boston Latin Academy Teacher $142,115 $0
Michael Louis Baulier 2021 BPS Mozart Elementary Principal Elementary $142,112 $0
Juli Rice 2025 Manning Elementary Teacher $142,110 $0
Randi-Lyn Scheffler 2025 Special Education Speech & Language Pathologist $142,110 $0
Melissa J. Lopes 2025 Special Education Occupational Therapist $142,110 $0
Molly Coyne Gillespie 2024 Quincy Elementary Teacher $142,108 $0
Yuyu Chen 2023 BPS Latin Academy Registrar $142,106 $0
Yuyu Chen 2022 BPS Latin Academy Registrar $142,106 $0
Christopher P. Leone 2025 East Boston High Teacher $142,105 $0
Tristan T Harvey 2025 Public Works Department Principal Electrical Engineer $142,105 $26,804
Lisa Ann Moore 2025 Office of Human Resources BPS Teacher $142,104 $0
John Harvey Steies 2023 OPAT Exec Dir $142,101 $0
Jennifer C. Crays 2025 Bates Elementary Teacher $142,096 $0
Dari-Ann Denisi 2024 Bradley Elementary Teacher $142,096 $0
Tara M McDonough 2025 Harvard-Kent Elementary Teacher $142,095 $0
Michael Anthony Macchi 2023 Guild Elementary Instructional Coach $142,093 $0
Scott Paul Rushton 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,088 $9,113
Johanna G Bernstein 2023 ASD Office of Budget Mangmnt Deputy Director (Budget) $142,086 $0
Johanna G Bernstein 2022 ASD Office of Budget Mangmnt Deputy Director (Budget) $142,086 $0
Kirk D. Merricks 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $142,084 $33,458
Kirk D. Merricks 2022 Boston Police Department Police Officer $142,084 $33,458
Deborah Ann Kosiorek 2023 Boston Police Department Criminalist IV $142,082 $11,331
Kyle Cushing 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,082 $33,373
Martha J DeMaio 2024 Boston Police Department Dir-Public Info (Police) $142,081 $0
Glendina N. Duncan 2023 Behavioral Health Services School Psychologist(1) $142,080 $0