Years
15
Reporting years available in the imported dataset.
City of Boston public payroll explorer
Boston Payroll by Year
Browse Boston payroll by reporting year to see how city compensation changes over time. Each year page summarizes total gross payroll, average reported pay, top earners, leading departments, and overtime trends using the City of Boston Employee Earnings Report.
Combined payroll
$12.7B
Total gross pay represented across all imported years.
Combined overtime
$1.9B
Overtime as reported in the source files.
Latest year
2025
Most recent reporting year currently imported.
2025
Payroll in 2025
Total gross payroll: $2,455,548,219
Average reported pay: $96,687
Top overtime total: $183,319,197
2024
Payroll in 2024
Total gross payroll: $2,419,534,337
Average reported pay: $94,772
Top overtime total: $176,708,435
2023
Payroll in 2023
Total gross payroll: $4,073,373,246
Average reported pay: $83,103
Top overtime total: $294,678,429
2022
Payroll in 2022
Total gross payroll: $1,930,625,176
Average reported pay: $83,202
Top overtime total: $141,457,991
2021
Payroll in 2021
Total gross payroll: $1,866,643,384
Average reported pay: $82,793
Top overtime total: $130,690,474
2020
Payroll in 2020
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $126,530,197
2019
Payroll in 2019
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $127,017,429
2018
Payroll in 2018
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $120,139,639
2017
Payroll in 2017
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $106,891,954
2016
Payroll in 2016
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $99,880,976
2015
Payroll in 2015
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $102,399,172
2014
Payroll in 2014
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $92,356,856
2013
Payroll in 2013
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $91,066,280
2012
Payroll in 2012
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $76,060,661
2011
Payroll in 2011
Total gross payroll: $0
Average reported pay: $0
Top overtime total: $73,750,734