Reported records
49,016
Rows imported for 2023.
City of Boston public payroll explorer
Boston Payroll in 2023
Boston payroll in 2023 included 49,016 reported records across 369 departments and 1,655 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
$4,073,373,246
Total gross pay represented in the annual file.
Average pay
$83,103
Average reported gross pay per record.
Overtime
$294,678,429
Total overtime reported that year.
Top paid records in 2023
Full leaderboard$596,949
$446,406
$383,406
$382,096
$373,128
Highest overtime records
Overtime page$221,579
$210,126
$199,993
$196,515
$174,379
$174,080
$173,736
$172,605
$163,269
$163,204
$157,952
$152,090
$152,031
$151,659
$151,609
$150,659
Top departments in 2023
- Boston Police Department $822,445,175
- Boston Fire Department $559,248,465
- Special Education $69,433,045
- Boston Public Library $65,643,689
- BPS Special Education $57,680,100
- Public Works Department $53,555,381
- Traffic Division $44,457,221
- Boston Cntr - Youth & Families $40,611,873
- Facilities Management $40,465,375
- Parks Department $38,992,323
- Inspectional Services Dept $38,390,507
- BPS Facility Management $33,261,336
Top titles in 2023
- Teacher $1,064,859,914
- Police Officer $350,409,345
- Fire Fighter $244,173,619
- Paraprofessional $116,775,532
- Police Detective $99,669,699
- Fire Lieutenant $54,934,019
- Police Sergeant $54,708,691
- Police Sergeant (Det) $52,599,763
- Fire Fighter-Technician $46,089,024
- Instructional Coach $44,940,777
- Social Worker/Coordinator $41,087,329
- Nurse $37,877,851