City of Boston public payroll explorer

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
Daniel C Keane 2024 Boston Police Department Police Lieutenant $352,885 $90,518
Dennis R Linehan 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $352,868 $62,905
Shawn P Marando 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $352,815 $65,948
Beth Leary 2024 Boston Police Department Police Lieutenant (Det) $352,767 $81,334
John A Conway 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer Hdq Dispatch $352,667 $121,226
Joseph E Sullivan 2025 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $352,650 $44,067
Arthur G Torigian 2024 Boston Police Department Police Lieutenant (Det) $352,510 $52,167
Melvin Ruiz 2024 Boston Police Department Police Detective $352,316 $124,413
Scott J Malone 2024 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $352,011 $61,796
Paul A. Sadatis Jr. 2025 Boston Police Department Police Lieutenant $351,819 $78,306
Henry A Araica 2025 Boston Police Department Police Offc/FgrPrt Ev Tch 4$10 $351,793 $195,362
Darrell J Higginbottom 2025 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $351,718 $48,467
Martin P McCormack 2024 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $351,409 $63,278
James P Greene 2024 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $351,384 $60,293
Amyleigh Devito 2024 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $351,226 $98,638
John J Dineen 2025 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $351,134 $146,946
Gary J Eblan 2025 Boston Police Department Police Lieutenant (Det) $351,035 $120,230
Brian J Larkin 2024 Boston Police Department Police Lieutenant (Det) $350,930 $61,575
Stephen T O'Brien 2024 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant $350,733 $94,605
Darrell J Higginbottom 2024 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $350,576 $48,768
Waiman Lee 2021 Boston Police Department Police Detective $350,183 $76,434
Michael A Brown 2023 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $350,043 $172,605
Michael R Mylett 2024 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $350,011 $87,664
Cary Chin 2025 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $349,911 $138,364
Michael J. Doherty 2023 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $349,749 $54,940
Michael J. Doherty 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $349,749 $54,940
Steven Sweeney 2023 Boston Police Department Police Captain/DDC $349,539 $118,220
Steven Sweeney 2022 Boston Police Department Police Captain/DDC $349,539 $118,220
Sean M Rooney 2025 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant $349,525 $78,862
Jean Michel Jean 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer $349,402 $139,679
Mary E Skipper 2024 Superintendent's Office Superintendent $349,190 $0
Eliot Telisnor 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer $349,141 $91,503
Mark Whalen 2024 Boston Police Department Police Offc Canine 2$6 $348,898 $121,250
Gerard M Cahill 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin-ADR $348,741 $0
Gerard M Cahill 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin-ADR $348,741 $0
Manuel A Simas 2024 Boston Police Department Police Officer $348,625 $78,885
William Gallagher 2025 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $348,244 $75,039
Thomas Pratt 2025 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $348,220 $127,781
Michael E Hocking 2023 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $348,081 $72,410
Michael E Hocking 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $348,081 $72,410
Kevin R Plunkett 2024 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant $348,070 $96,252
Shawn M. Donovan 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Admn-Advance Tech $347,948 $19,584
Zachary Andrew Crossen 2024 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant/Comm Serv Offc $347,886 $90,426
Robert Kjersgard 2025 Boston Police Department Police Lieutenant $347,641 $61,274
Sean Martin 2025 Boston Police Department Police Captain/DDC $347,482 $72,100
Michael H Lam 2025 Boston Police Department Police Officer $347,348 $21,033
John T. Boyle 2024 Boston Police Department Police Sergeant (Det) $347,311 $77,586
Pele James 2024 Boston Police Department Police Detective $347,025 $31,306
Theron S. Houlder 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $346,800 $71,042
Jesse E Goff 2024 Boston Police Department Police Detective $346,800 $109,382