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 $25,000in 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 $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 Officerroles 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, Shai Myers serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $254,776.
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Eliezer Vazquez holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $254,727.
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Edwin Lopez appears in Boston Police Department payroll as a Police Officer, with $254,407 reported in 2024 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.
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At Boston Police Department, Brian Guerard serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $253,934.
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At Boston Police Department, Amir Beshay serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $253,703.
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Stanley Jean is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $253,543.
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At Boston Police Department, Samantha Thompson serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $253,467.
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Ryan Grande holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $253,211.
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Kevin Butcher works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Kevin earned $252,665 in 2024.
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Jacques Noel is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $252,325.
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Carlton Williamson works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Carlton earned $252,322 in 2024.
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Jean Louisville holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $252,067.
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Payroll for Daniel Murphy (Police Officer, Boston Police Department) may cover more than one person; together they account for $251,921 in 2024.
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Andrew Powers works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Andrew earned $251,891 in 2024.
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Christopher Dicicco holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $251,612.
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Brian Lundy works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Brian earned $251,258 in 2024.
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Thomas Garvey works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Thomas earned $251,117 in 2024.
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Gerard Giblin is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $250,666.
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Klejvi Gega holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $250,069.
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Daniel Sheehan holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $249,850.
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Freddy Asuncion is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $249,784.
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Anthony Beatrice works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Anthony earned $249,762 in 2024.
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Sergio Medrano is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $249,704.
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At Boston Police Department, Marcus Rodriguez serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $249,624.
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Brendan O'Donnell holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $249,570.