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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Ethan Huynh works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Ethan earned $171,209 in 2024.
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Wilfredo Martinez is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $170,733.
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At Boston Police Department, Mercedes Parker serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $170,637.
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Charles Smyth holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $170,587.
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Mikayla Luciw is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $170,528.
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At Boston Police Department, Peter Garabedian serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $170,203.
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Jose Valenzuela holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $170,139.
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Dylan Coady is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $169,990.
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Edwin Cruz is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $169,932.
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At Boston Police Department, Sean Cavanaugh serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $169,834.
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At Boston Police Department, Eric Macpherson serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $169,819.
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Mohamed Saasaa is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $169,714.
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At Boston Police Department, Timothy Gravel serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $169,563.
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Bethany Pires is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $169,544.
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At Boston Police Department, Jason Ezekiel serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $169,459.
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Scott Macisaac holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $169,125.
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At Boston Police Department, David Spellman serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $168,915.
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At Boston Police Department, Timothy Duggan serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $168,907.
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Stephanie Kalambokis holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $168,644.
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Katelyn O'Toole works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Katelyn earned $168,311 in 2024.
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Christopher Perry works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Christopher earned $168,211 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Matthew Mccullough serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $167,970.
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At Boston Police Department, Michael Pankievich serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $167,724.
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Mackenzie Dauber is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $167,644.
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William Hull holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $167,193.
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At Boston Police Department, James Hosea serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $167,116.
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Arthur Depinho holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $166,662.
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Conor Regan holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $166,657.
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Robert Lemire is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $166,656.
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Sean Gannon works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Sean earned $166,644 in 2024.