Reported records
25,397
Rows imported for 2025.
City of Boston public payroll explorer
Boston Payroll in 2025
Boston payroll in 2025 included 25,397 reported records across 228 departments and 1,760 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
$2,455,548,219
Total gross pay represented in the annual file.
Average pay
$96,687
Average reported gross pay per record.
Overtime
$183,319,197
Total overtime reported that year.
Top paid records in 2025
Full leaderboard$463,529
$439,388
Highest overtime records
Overtime page$236,961
$228,925
$217,111
$212,578
$211,696
$202,948
$196,303
$196,093
$195,362
$191,141
$190,130
$188,840
$187,555
$186,433
$185,806
$183,799
$182,088
$179,574
Top departments in 2025
- Boston Police Department $534,478,397
- Boston Fire Department $316,676,060
- Special Education $85,502,814
- Boston Public Library $39,241,988
- Facilities Management $37,639,160
- Public Works Department $33,248,519
- Traffic Division $27,810,666
- Madison Park Tech Vocational $26,443,310
- Transportation $25,915,538
- Boston Cntr - Youth & Families $22,945,399
- Parks Department $22,914,456
- Inspectional Services Dept $22,372,059
Top titles in 2025
- Teacher $593,670,533
- Police Officer $242,366,800
- Fire Fighter $132,911,615
- Paraprofessional $76,074,552
- Police Detective $58,987,329
- Police Sergeant $36,519,557
- Police Sergeant (Det) $33,275,536
- Fire Lieutenant $28,795,823
- Social Worker/Coordinator $27,428,736
- Fire Fighter-Technician $25,863,276
- Instructional Coach $25,793,614
- SpEd Support Svcs Coordinator $20,325,250