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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
Julie N Farmer 2023 Edison K-8 Teacher $140,124 $0
Robert A Ellington 2024 Public Works Department StreetlightingConstInsp(Pwd)## $140,124 $63,781
Erica Maria Figuereo 2025 Tobin K-8 Teacher $140,124 $0
Lynette Praileau 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $140,123 $8,468
Lynette Praileau 2022 Boston Police Department Police Detective $140,123 $8,468
Jayashree Banerjee 2024 Boston Latin Academy Teacher $140,116 $0
Suzanne M Burns 2024 Mozart Elementary Teacher $140,111 $0
James K Cheatham 2025 Boston Fire Department FF (Inct Comnd Sp) DEP $140,109 $0
Jessica Marie Joyce 2025 Adams Elementary Teacher $140,108 $0
Valerie L Cromer-Ryan 2024 Madison Park Tech Vocational Teacher $140,108 $0
Amini O. Onowho 2023 BPS Higginson Elementary Teacher $140,107 $0
Amini O. Onowho 2022 BPS Higginson Elementary Teacher $140,107 $0
Raul Garcia II 2023 Boston Arts Academy Teacher $140,106 $0
Dana Suzanne Griswold 2025 McKay K-8 Teacher $140,102 $0
John Francis Houton Jr. 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel V (LAW) $140,100 $0
Samuel John Dillon 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $140,099 $0
Sasheea Chioma Smith 2024 Holmes Elementary Teacher $140,099 $0
Bernadette E. Thornton 2025 Health & Wellness Instructional Coach $140,098 $0
James F Lydon 2023 Boston Police Department Police Offc Acad Instr 2$6 $140,095 $28,807
Brendan Donovan Trahon 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $140,094 $26,682
Anne M. Slater 2023 East Boston EEC Teacher $140,092 $0
Rosanna Jones 2023 Horace Mann Teacher $140,089 $0
Alexandra Darius Jean 2024 Snowden International High Student Dev Counselor (1) $140,087 $0
Kevin D. Brill 2021 Greater Egleston High Head of School $140,086 $0
Julianne M Hossfield 2024 Chittick Elementary Teacher $140,086 $0
Kimberly J Frazier-Booth 2021 Kennedy, EM Health Academy Teacher $140,082 $0
Daniel J Prendergast 2024 Inspectional Services Dept Asst Commissioner of Health $140,081 $0
Elizabeth Marie Mauro 2023 Horace Mann Teacher $140,079 $0
Michael S Andrade 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $140,077 $19,103
Michael A. Bocchichio 2025 East Boston High Teacher $140,077 $0
William F Donald 2023 BPS Facility Management Area Manager $140,073 $0
William F Donald 2022 BPS Facility Management Area Manager $140,073 $0
Patrick M Curtin 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $140,072 $19,614
Philip Yang 2021 Boston Retirement System Admin Asst $140,071 $55,393
Meghan Shea 2024 Kennedy PJ Elementary Teacher $140,065 $0
Jenny A. Fernsten 2025 Special Education Teacher $140,062 $0
Joseph Marrero 2021 Boston Police Department Police Detective $140,061 $22,532
Sarah E. Nilsen 2024 Murphy K-8 Teacher $140,059 $0
Samuel M. DePina 2021 BPS English High Program Director (Basas 9A) $140,059 $0
Brendan M. McGrath 2025 Perry Elementary Principal Middle $140,058 $0
Hassan A. Mansaray 2021 BPS Brighton High Teacher $140,057 $0
Matthew Creighton Stapleton 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,056 $26,195
Garrett Boyle 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer Harborboat 3$8 $140,055 $24,505
Patricia F O'Connor 2024 Alternative Education Teacher $140,053 $0
David Moreno 2024 Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy Teacher $140,052 $0
Shu-Hua Lin 2023 BPS Condon Elementary Teacher $140,051 $0
Shu-Hua Lin 2022 BPS Condon Elementary Teacher $140,051 $0
Martin D Harrison 2021 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant $140,051 $5,839
Timothy J McQuade 2021 BPS Boston Latin Teacher $140,048 $0
James E O'Connor 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $140,048 $15,817