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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
Ellen B. Blackburn 2023 Special Education SpEd Support Svcs Coordinator $130,135 $0
Kevin Andrew Lynch 2021 BPS Madison Park High Teacher $130,132 $0
Michael R Devlin 2023 Parks Department Dir of Rec Prg & Permitting $130,132 $0
Michael R Devlin 2022 Parks Department Dir of Rec Prg & Permitting $130,132 $0
Michelle Sathan 2025 Kilmer K-8 Teacher $130,132 $0
Lodz K Achille 2025 Shaw-Taylor Elementary School Teacher $130,132 $0
Jeffrey A. Gibbons 2023 Boston Latin Teacher $130,131 $0
Robert Wenchel Cording 2025 O'Bryant School of Math & Sci Teacher $130,130 $0
Paul M. Kearnan 2023 Kilmer K-8 Teacher $130,130 $0
William Samuel Torney 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $130,125 $8,211
Perla Vitela 2023 Newcomers Academy Teacher $130,124 $0
Toni Samantha Nurse 2025 Lee K-8 Specialist (BTU) $130,123 $0
Stephen Matthew Gargan 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $130,122 $19,904
Aurea Lopez 2025 English High Teacher $130,121 $0
Kar Ho Lau 2023 ASD Human Resources Director $130,121 $0
Kar Ho Lau 2022 ASD Human Resources Director $130,121 $0
Amber L Balthazard 2025 Boston Latin Academy Teacher $130,120 $0
Daniel M Murphy 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer $130,117 $40,665
Terrance Steele 2024 Public Facilities Department Clerk of Works II (PFD) $130,117 $23,229
Scott Frost 2024 Boston Latin Academy Teacher $130,117 $0
Tamara F Benford 2023 Boston Police Department Police Offc/Juvenile Offc 4$10 $130,116 $17,432
Valerie Renee Scales 2023 Election Division Sr Admin Asst $130,110 $29,882
Stephanie Tham 2021 BPS Quincy Elementary Teacher $130,109 $0
Susanna M Brown 2025 Mel H King South End Academy Instructional Coach $130,106 $0
Andrew Philip Suttle 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $130,106 $20,850
Michael A. Gordon 2023 Tobin K-8 Teacher $130,106 $0
Thomas Bennett 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $130,106 $21,810
Jason D. Romano 2023 Boston Police Department Police Detective $130,105 $13,588
Jason D. Romano 2022 Boston Police Department Police Detective $130,105 $13,588
Deborah Rossetti Smith 2025 Chittick Elementary Teacher $130,105 $0
Katina M McClain 2024 Office of Human Resources BPS Teacher $130,105 $0
Kathleen R Markiewicz 2024 Health Services Nurse $130,104 $0
Eunice A Pinckney 2023 BPS McKinley Middle Asst Program Director (7) $130,104 $0
Eunice A Pinckney 2022 BPS McKinley Middle Asst Program Director (7) $130,104 $0
Michael Okafor 2021 Inspectional Services Dept Supv of Building Inspection $130,102 $18,268
Sarah E Palermo 2023 Boston Police Department Police Officer $130,101 $15,600
Sarah E Palermo 2022 Boston Police Department Police Officer $130,101 $15,600
Jessica Kahan 2023 English High Teacher $130,100 $0
Sinead M Coyne 2021 Boston Police Department Police Officer $130,097 $34,942
India D Lynch 2025 Boston Police Department Police Offc Comm Serv Offc 3$8 $130,096 $0
James W Kelly 2023 HPEC: Com Acd Science & Health Rotc Instructor $130,095 $0
James W Kelly 2022 HPEC: Com Acd Science & Health Rotc Instructor $130,095 $0
Lauren Marie-Breau Wichland 2024 English High Teacher $130,095 $0
Jesse J Southwick 2023 Boston Latin Teacher $130,093 $0
Nikita Lin DeBarros 2024 UP Academy Holland Occupational Therapist $130,087 $0
Marnie L. Colantuoni 2024 Madison Park Tech Vocational SpEd Support Svcs Coordinator $130,086 $0
Maja Menes 2023 Guild Elementary Teacher $130,086 $0
Kemba R Gray 2025 Tobin K-8 Teacher $130,083 $0
Amber D McKinnon 2025 Roosevelt K-8 Teacher $130,082 $0
Timothy J. Kelleher 2025 Quincy Upper Teacher $130,081 $0