Reported records
23,204
Rows imported for 2022.
City of Boston public payroll explorer
Boston Payroll in 2022
Boston payroll in 2022 included 23,204 reported records across 232 departments and 1,491 titles. This page highlights top reported pay, overtime-heavy records, and the departments and job categories with the largest payroll footprints that year.
Total payroll
$1,930,625,176
Total gross pay represented in the annual file.
Average pay
$83,202
Average reported gross pay per record.
Overtime
$141,457,991
Total overtime reported that year.
Top paid records in 2022
Full leaderboard$596,949
$446,406
$373,128
$343,324
$337,264
Highest overtime records
Overtime page$210,126
$196,515
$163,269
$151,609
$150,659
$146,754
$144,458
$142,692
$140,518
$134,229
$131,172
$130,488
$129,724
$127,264
$127,167
Top departments in 2022
- Boston Police Department $405,823,060
- Boston Fire Department $278,031,391
- BPS Special Education $57,680,100
- BPS Facility Management $33,261,336
- Boston Public Library $30,002,527
- Public Works Department $27,529,073
- Traffic Division $22,377,603
- Boston Cntr - Youth & Families $20,616,435
- BPS Madison Park High $20,345,031
- Parks Department $19,436,980
- BPS Boston Latin $19,432,306
- Inspectional Services Dept $19,198,650
Top titles in 2022
- Teacher $494,931,112
- Police Officer $171,873,734
- Fire Fighter $122,388,425
- Paraprofessional $55,681,948
- Police Detective $49,700,082
- Fire Lieutenant $28,062,249
- Police Sergeant $26,750,507
- Police Sergeant (Det) $26,414,035
- Fire Fighter-Technician $22,359,506
- Instructional Coach $18,838,802
- Social Worker/Coordinator $17,801,627
- Nurse $17,669,870