City of Boston / Boston Police Department / Police Detective
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Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
265 employees hold this title in Boston Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $213,203, above the department median of $178,751.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 265 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Detectives and Criminal Investigators — about 1,110 people — is $110,150. Boston Police Department pays a median base salary of $129,284 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Detectives and Criminal Investigators across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Boston Police Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Detectives and Criminal Investigators — about 114,430 people — is $93,790. Boston Police Department’s median base salary is 38% above that national figure, about the 78th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 254 of 265 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Boston Police Department is $213,203, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $213,203 ranks #2 of 2. See Police Detective across all of City of Boston →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Detectiveroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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James Harte is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $218,551.
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Christopher Fencer is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $218,185.
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Latoya Gamble works as a Police Detective for Boston Police Department. Latoya earned $217,349 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Paul Bercume serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $216,907.
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James Sheehan holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $216,447.
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At Boston Police Department, Jeffrey Firnstein serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $216,425.
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Alexis Maldonado is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $216,180.
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Joseph Mcdonough is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $214,971.
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At Boston Police Department, Andrew Creed serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $214,006.
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Christopher Hegerich holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $213,892.
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This Police Detective record at Boston Police Department for Thomas Sullivan may represent several individuals, totaling $213,729 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Stephanie O'Sullivan serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $213,574.
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James Morrissey holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $213,203.
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Joseph Downing is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $212,871.
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Kenneth Autio holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $212,871.
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Jason Turcotte is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $212,783.
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Ana Almeida is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $212,538.
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John Teixeira works as a Police Detective for Boston Police Department. John earned $212,279 in 2024.
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Brendan England works as a Police Detective for Boston Police Department. Brendan earned $211,617 in 2024.
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Jared Taylor holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $211,109.
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Sean Joyce works as a Police Detective for Boston Police Department. Sean earned $209,527 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Eric Byron serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $209,438.
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At Boston Police Department, Joseph Buiel serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $209,433.
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James Gauvin works as a Police Detective for Boston Police Department. James earned $209,171 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Michael Nucci serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $209,091.
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Juan Seoane holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $208,944.
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Sandra Swain works as a Police Detective for Boston Police Department. Sandra earned $208,941 in 2024.
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Jeffrey Cecil is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $208,108.
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At Boston Police Department, Bret Giannetti serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $208,039.
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William Traft holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $207,999.
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Allison Gunther is a Police Detective at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $207,958.
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Myles Lawton holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $207,474.
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At Boston Police Department, Scott O'Brien serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $207,160.
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At Boston Police Department, Caitlin Haugh serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $207,020.
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Jeffrey Cahill works as a Police Detective for Boston Police Department. Jeffrey earned $206,976 in 2024.
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Shayne Finn holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $206,812.
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Jean-Paul Limontas holds the role of Police Detective at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $206,129.
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Kevin Cahill works as a Police Detective for Boston Police Department. Kevin earned $205,909 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Deanne Vitale serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $205,298.
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At Boston Police Department, Shayna Lyons serves as a Police Detective. Their 2024 pay totaled $205,156.