Reported records
25,530
Rows imported for 2024.
City of Boston public payroll explorer
Boston Payroll in 2024
Boston payroll in 2024 included 25,530 reported records across 231 departments and 1,724 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
$2,419,534,337
Total gross pay represented in the annual file.
Average pay
$94,772
Average reported gross pay per record.
Overtime
$176,708,435
Total overtime reported that year.
Top paid records in 2024
Full leaderboard$463,459
Highest overtime records
Overtime page$223,774
$212,259
$202,514
$202,496
$193,677
$184,174
$183,680
$180,865
$174,860
$174,481
$162,026
$161,563
Top departments in 2024
- Boston Police Department $577,980,986
- Boston Fire Department $343,616,180
- Special Education $72,504,879
- Facilities Management $37,956,239
- Boston Public Library $36,474,193
- Public Works Department $29,771,973
- Transportation $25,496,283
- Traffic Division $24,677,189
- Madison Park Tech Vocational $24,438,705
- Boston Latin $21,147,034
- Parks Department $21,008,248
- Inspectional Services Dept $20,513,638
Top titles in 2024
- Teacher $573,589,148
- Police Officer $256,623,862
- Fire Fighter $145,939,279
- Police Detective $69,762,648
- Paraprofessional $64,292,438
- Police Sergeant $40,121,628
- Police Sergeant (Det) $37,638,205
- Fire Lieutenant $33,728,188
- Fire Fighter-Technician $27,782,775
- Social Worker/Coordinator $25,884,494
- Instructional Coach $24,392,073
- Cab Monitor HE $19,517,892