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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
William Samuel Torney 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,184 $15,692
Russell Thomas Watt 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,182 $19,856
Russell Thomas Watt 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,182 $19,856
Esther M Auguste 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer $137,182 $22,836
Layne Christian Petrie 2021 BPS Special Education Program Director (Basas 9A) $137,181 $0
Mari-Joy K Eisele 2023 Otis Elementary Teacher $137,180 $0
Andrea S. Griffin 2024 Roosevelt K-8 Teacher $137,178 $0
Brian J Linehan 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $137,175 $26,715
Lemuel Emmerson Ivy 2023 BPS Ellis Elementary Principal Elementary $137,174 $0
Meghan Joan Welch 2023 BPS Sumner Elementary Principal Elementary $137,174 $0
Bannet Steele 2023 Roosevelt K-8 Principal Middle $137,174 $0
Lemuel Emmerson Ivy 2022 BPS Ellis Elementary Principal Elementary $137,174 $0
Bannet Steele 2022 Roosevelt K-8 Principal Middle $137,174 $0
Meghan Joan Welch 2022 BPS Sumner Elementary Principal Elementary $137,174 $0
George Rodolphe Kastli 2025 Special Education Teacher $137,172 $0
William M Grubbs 2021 Food & Nutrition Svc Coord-Manager (C) $137,171 $0
Joshua Donati 2024 Bates Elementary Teacher $137,170 $0
Sara E Saba 2024 Special Education Speech & Language Pathologist $137,169 $0
Christopher H Coutts 2025 Mildred Avenue K-8 Teacher $137,167 $0
Sundara Ramu Kamakolanu Guru 2021 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Sr Data Proc Sys Anl (ASD/DPU) $137,161 $7,070
Kelly Anne Gordon 2024 Boston Latin Academy Teacher $137,161 $0
Daniel Marifiote 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $137,160 $30,624
Daniel Marifiote 2022 Boston Police Department Police Officer $137,160 $30,624
David P Moshiek 2021 Inspectional Services Dept Supv Of Plumbing & Gas Insp $137,157 $25,594
Maria Cheevers 2023 Boston Police Department Dir/OfficeofResearch&DeveloBPD $137,156 $0
Maria Cheevers 2022 Boston Police Department Dir/OfficeofResearch&DeveloBPD $137,156 $0
Carolina Constanza Aguila-Mandich 2025 Quincy Upper Teacher $137,155 $0
Jessica Noel McGuire 2023 Trotter Elementary Teacher $137,154 $0
Michael O'Keefe 2021 Auditing Department Prin Admin Asst $137,154 $9,223
Ester Benros 2023 Lyon K-8 Teacher $137,153 $0
Katelyn M. O'Toole 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $137,153 $18,646
Deborah E. Pullen 2024 Office of Human Resources BPS Director (NonAcad) D $137,153 $0
Paula Grillo 2025 Ruth Batson Academy Teacher $137,152 $0
Patricia-Ann D Olbrys 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $137,152 $15,012
Patricia-Ann D Olbrys 2022 Boston Police Department Police Officer $137,152 $15,012
Cristina Guzman 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $137,152 $14,958
Richard Alfred Mulligan 2025 Planning Senior Project Manager (F) $137,151 $0
Amarnath R Nalla 2023 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Prin Data Proc Systems Analyst $137,151 $1,501
Amarnath R Nalla 2022 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Prin Data Proc Systems Analyst $137,151 $1,501
Josue Sakata 2021 Hernandez K-8 Teacher $137,150 $0
Kathleen M Sheehan 2025 Kilmer K-8 Teacher $137,150 $0
Alexandra Darius Jean 2025 Snowden International High Student Dev Counselor (1) $137,149 $0
Sheila M. Hanson-Fazzolari 2024 Otis Elementary Teacher $137,147 $0
Jillian Cotter Geraghty 2025 Kennedy JF Elementary Teacher $137,147 $0
Ashley Tatum Baima 2025 Gardner Pilot Academy Teacher $137,146 $0
Michael P. Murphy 2023 New Mission High Teacher $137,145 $0
John F LeBlanc 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,145 $9,969
Christy R DeRoche 2024 Teaching & Learning Teacher $137,143 $0
Anurika Doris Ejimofor 2024 Sumner Elementary Teacher $137,143 $0
Johanna Eileen Ozcivi 2023 Hennigan K-8 Teacher $137,143 $0