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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
Carolyn F. Barrows 2023 Kennedy Academy Health Careers Teacher $133,585 $0
Jacqueline A DeFreitas 2025 Special Education Physical Therapist $133,583 $0
Justin Ryan Capece 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $133,579 $24,124
Justin Ryan Capece 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $133,579 $24,124
Aimee Belanger 2025 Quincy Upper Teacher $133,573 $0
Dahnielle Hudson-Jones 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $133,570 $38,529
Musiri Kari Abdal-Khallaq 2023 Boston Adult Technical Academy Teacher $133,570 $0
Bernadette E. Thornton 2024 Health & Wellness Instructional Coach $133,570 $0
Chris-Ann Melisa Dawkins 2025 Sarah Roberts ElementarySchool Teacher $133,566 $0
Sarah Elizabeth Cassidy 2024 Frederick Pilot Middle Teacher $133,565 $0
Tri Minh Tran 2023 Comm Academy of Sci & Health Teacher $133,565 $0
Julie Burke Valencia 2025 Student Support Pupil Adjustment Counselor(1) $133,564 $0
Jennifer Tallent 2025 Mather Elementary Teacher $133,561 $0
Maria Doreste Velazquez 2025 Edison Elementary School Teacher $133,560 $0
Alina Kratik 2024 Winship Elementary School Psychologist(1) $133,559 $0
Sara Wasserman 2023 Umana Academy Teacher $133,557 $0
Gregory D Hannigan 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $133,557 $11,845
Rosemary L Sullivan 2025 Greenwood K-8 Teacher $133,557 $0
Juan Gabriel Santos 2025 Roosevelt K-8 Teacher $133,557 $0
Kareen Elizabeth Wilkinson 2024 Teaching & Learning Instructional Coach $133,556 $0
Zarinah Fernandez 2023 Tynan Elementary Teacher $133,554 $0
Kylie Jeanne Plaut 2024 East Boston High Teacher $133,552 $0
Amarnath R Nalla 2024 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Prin Data Proc Systems Analyst $133,552 $383
Sherlock M. Mason 2024 Dpt of Innovation & Technology Prin Data Proc Systems Analyst $133,552 $383
Melissa Anne Sutherland 2023 BPS Madison Park High Guidance Counselor(1) $133,552 $0
Melissa Anne Sutherland 2022 BPS Madison Park High Guidance Counselor(1) $133,552 $0
Hagar Shirman 2023 Umana Middle Librarian $133,549 $0
Hagar Shirman 2022 Umana Middle Librarian $133,549 $0
Christina Anne Nelson 2023 Gardner Pilot Academy Teacher $133,548 $0
George Ponte 2025 Madison Park Tech Vocational Teacher $133,544 $0
Gisele Jean-Baptiste 2025 East Boston High SpEd Support Svcs Coordinator $133,543 $0
Eric McGovern Farr 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $133,540 $16,696
Eric McGovern Farr 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $133,540 $16,696
Terrance O'Toole V 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $133,538 $0
Terrance O'Toole V 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $133,538 $0
Terrance O'Toole V 2022 Boston Police Department Police Detective $133,538 $0
Patrick M Thomas 2023 Ohrenberger 3-8 Teacher $133,536 $0
Kyla G McCartney 2024 Kennedy PJ Elementary Teacher $133,534 $0
Laura Smith-Crowe 2025 Ruth Batson Academy Clinical Coordinator $133,533 $0
Julie Burke Valencia 2024 Student Support Pupil Adjustment Counselor(1) $133,531 $0
Joel Richards 2023 BPS Blackstone Elementary Teacher $133,530 $0
Joel Richards 2022 BPS Blackstone Elementary Teacher $133,530 $0
David Jon Fredette 2021 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $133,529 $0
Jenny T Trieu 2024 O'Bryant School of Math & Sci Teacher $133,529 $0
Edward V.G Coburn 2021 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $133,527 $0
Gary F Dwyer 2025 Parks Department RedCircle Gen Prk Main Frprsn $133,526 $46,623
Marycatherine McLaughlin 2024 Murphy K-8 Teacher $133,525 $0
Timothy Patrick Connolly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $133,523 $9,371
Timothy Patrick Connolly 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $133,523 $9,371
Annemarie Long 2025 Special Education Teacher $133,522 $0