City of Boston / Boston Police Department / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
1,335 employees hold this title in Boston Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $185,462, above the department median of $178,751.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 1,335 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 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 11,440 people — is $78,180. Boston Police Department pays a median base salary of $111,114 for this role, 42% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 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 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Boston Police Department’s median base salary is 46% above that national figure, about the 87th 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 1,247 of 1,335 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 $185,462, 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 31 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $185,462 ranks #4 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of Boston →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officer roles 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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Dionne Jones works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Dionne earned $149,503 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Rory Coleman serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $149,435.
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Michelle Maffeo holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $149,057.
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At Boston Police Department, Joseph Belanger serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $148,786.
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At Boston Police Department, Jonathan O'Brien serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $148,760.
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Jillian Dineen works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Jillian earned $148,574 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Haley Van Orman serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $148,504.
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Sheila Shepard is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $148,485.
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At Boston Police Department, Shawn Mirville serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $148,056.
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At Boston Police Department, Connor Teahan serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $148,047.
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Joslin Pierre-Thomas works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Joslin earned $147,439 in 2024.
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Willem Scheele is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $147,345.
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At Boston Police Department, Joseph Houtmeyers serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $147,096.
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At Boston Police Department, Daniel Mcnamara serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $146,952.
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At Boston Police Department, Jahmari Bartley serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $146,943.
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At Boston Police Department, Cara Doyle serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $146,759.
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At Boston Police Department, Stephen O'Neil serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $146,391.
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Max Mcguire works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Max earned $146,216 in 2024.
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Carol Morse holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $146,120.
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Elias Cruz holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $145,810.
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Bryan Augustine holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $145,578.
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Ryan Wynne is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $145,504.
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Shawn Roberts holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $145,111.
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Emma Koopman holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $144,968.
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Michael Wilson holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $144,561.
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Erin Glavin holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $144,362.
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Gregory Polanco Benitez is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $143,394.
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Michael Olszak is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $143,180.
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William Moran holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $143,100.
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At Boston Police Department, Kyle Moran serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $142,979.
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Patrick Abrahamson works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Patrick earned $142,931 in 2024.
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Mikey Tejeda holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $142,922.
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Ryan Frederick works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Ryan earned $142,872 in 2024.
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Daniel Flores works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Daniel earned $142,793 in 2024.
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Christopher Walsh works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Christopher earned $142,344 in 2024.
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John Hollerbach holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $142,319.
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Selena Farley works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Selena earned $141,989 in 2024.
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James Verderico Jr. is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $141,975.
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At Boston Police Department, Lisa Duarte serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $141,950.
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Cris Santana holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $141,875.