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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At Boston Police Department, John Mcdonough serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $141,683.
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Christopher Diaz is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $141,558.
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At Boston Police Department, Esther Auguste serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $141,140.
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Kyle Tildsley holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $141,026.
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At Boston Police Department, Alonzo Freeman serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $140,583.
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At Boston Police Department, Stephane Victor serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $140,356.
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At Boston Police Department, John Lara serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $140,339.
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Nicholas Carrafiello is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $140,192.
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At Boston Police Department, Liam Grady serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $140,192.
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Johnathan Lewis is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $139,954.
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Hugh Healey holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $139,834.
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Zandarina Townsend works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Zandarina earned $139,745 in 2024.
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Brendan Keohan is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $139,437.
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At Boston Police Department, Tanya Violante serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $139,414.
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William Kalinski holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $139,343.
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Nolan Burns works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Nolan earned $139,323 in 2024.
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William Iraola holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $139,152.
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At Boston Police Department, Colleen Tarris serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $138,844.
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Sabrina Gill is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $138,698.
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Duckens Petit-Maitre holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $138,542.
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Ryan Mckeeney works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Ryan earned $138,494 in 2024.
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Jeffrey Connolly is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $138,470.
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At Boston Police Department, Jake Walsh serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $138,354.
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John Ho holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $138,249.
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At Boston Police Department, Rafael Ruiz Soto serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $138,094.
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At Boston Police Department, Manoucheca Gabriel serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $138,015.
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At Boston Police Department, Monique Jainarain serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $137,996.
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Ricardo Goncalves works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Ricardo earned $137,796 in 2024.
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Christina Merrick is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $137,731.
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Andrew Suttle works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Andrew earned $137,673 in 2024.
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Paul Sheehan is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $137,631.
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Kevin Zarnoch is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $137,538.
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Roland Robinson is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $137,427.
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Cristina Guzman works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Cristina earned $137,152 in 2024.
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Michael Whittaker is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $137,123.
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Sean Paul holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $137,095.
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John Keough holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $137,032.
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Samuel Hodge is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $136,972.
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Kevin Bruen works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Kevin earned $136,949 in 2024.
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Jessica Gabriel works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Jessica earned $136,911 in 2024.