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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
Pamela Jean Lacy 2025 Edison Elementary School Teacher $122,284 $0
Sarah Michelle Hurdelbrink 2023 Mendell Elementary Teacher $122,283 $0
Glenda A. Von den Benken 2021 BPS Hennigan Elementary Teacher $122,283 $0
Suzanne E Mathews 2023 BPS Trotter Elementary Teacher $122,281 $0
Suzanne E Mathews 2022 BPS Trotter Elementary Teacher $122,281 $0
Sean Chen 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $122,279 $0
Sean Chen 2022 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $122,279 $0
Juliana Susi 2023 Boston Police Department Prin Admin Asst $122,278 $1,378
Juliana Susi 2022 Boston Police Department Prin Admin Asst $122,278 $1,378
Meghan W Martin 2023 Special Education Speech & Language Pathologist $122,277 $0
Eric S Jeffords 2024 New Mission High Teacher $122,275 $0
Joshua Michael Coleman 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $122,274 $20,738
Jared Kitchen 2024 Special Education Teacher $122,274 $0
Sara M. Shephard 2023 BPS Horace Mann Teacher $122,272 $0
Sara M. Shephard 2022 BPS Horace Mann Teacher $122,272 $0
Sarah Delude 2023 Off of Eco Opp & Incl Dir-Operations $122,270 $0
Margene L Mills 2023 Facilities Management Area Manager $122,269 $0
Rui Ma 2024 O'Donnell Elementary Teacher $122,269 $0
Thomas Patrick Hayes Jr. 2021 BPS English High Teacher $122,269 $0
Devon J Ramsdell 2025 Transportation-Parking Clerk Sr Data Proc Sys Anl $122,268 $0
Jillian M Flynn 2025 Curley K-8 SpEd Support Svcs Coordinator $122,268 $0
Alexis Rosa Flaherty 2023 Boston Police Department Criminalist III $122,267 $7,465
Nathaniel P. Houghton 2024 Comm Academy of Sci & Health Teacher $122,266 $0
James I. Bean Jr. 2023 BPS Burke High Teacher $122,265 $0
James I. Bean Jr. 2022 BPS Burke High Teacher $122,265 $0
Jason C Hounsell 2024 Harvard-Kent Elementary Teacher $122,264 $0
Caitlain T. Hutto 2021 Eliot K-8 Teacher $122,263 $0
Jorge Baptista 2023 BPS Madison Park High Teacher $122,260 $0
Jorge Baptista 2022 BPS Madison Park High Teacher $122,260 $0
Matthew M. Paul 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $122,259 $8,194
Amelia Massoud-Tastor 2021 UP Academy Holland Director Of Instruction $122,258 $0
Donato Gregory Mercury 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $122,256 $0
Ann M D'Angelo 2023 BPS Russell Elementary Teacher $122,256 $0
Ann M D'Angelo 2022 BPS Russell Elementary Teacher $122,256 $0
Ethan Huynh 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer $122,256 $1,783
Alan K. Chavero 2025 Boston Latin Teacher $122,254 $0
Israel Jeffrey Timberlake 2025 Planning & Engineering Senior Project Manager (C) $122,254 $0
Teresa O Martinez 2025 Multilingual Multicultural Ed Director C Non Acad $122,254 $0
Kyle Christoper Paczkowski 2025 Data & Accountability Sen Analyst(C) $122,254 $0
Jessica Zeng 2024 Boston Green Academy Librarian $122,251 $0
Gillian M Lang 2023 Treasury-Treasury Division Employment Agreement $122,250 $0
Gillian M Lang 2022 Treasury-Treasury Division Employment Agreement $122,250 $0
Sonia I. Valentin 2024 Tobin K-8 Teacher $122,250 $0
Edward H Brackenbury 2025 Office of Human Resources BPS Coord-Manager C $122,249 $0
Chrisan Kerian Grant 2025 Madison Park Tech Vocational Teacher $122,248 $0
Angela E. Myers 2021 Umana Middle Teacher $122,248 $0
Lauren Wilson 2024 Bradley Elementary Teacher $122,247 $0
Philip P Costa 2023 Public Works Department Prin Civil Eng (Fss)## $122,246 $0
Philip P Costa 2022 Public Works Department Prin Civil Eng (Fss)## $122,246 $0
Lisa R Irvings 2023 BPS Special Education Occupational Therapist $122,245 $0