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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Paula Sutherland works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Paula earned $88,834 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Jovanni Santiago serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $88,355.
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At Boston Police Department, Philisha Kersey serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $88,149.
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At Boston Police Department, Emma Brooks serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $87,965.
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Taryn Dineen holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $87,902.
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Thalia Dominguez holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $87,792.
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At Boston Police Department, Kenny Dugue serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $87,676.
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Rafael Arias Echavarria works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Rafael earned $87,634 in 2024.
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Hunter Wilichoski holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $87,519.
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At Boston Police Department, Joshua Bray serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $87,418.
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Sean Adgate works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Sean earned $87,403 in 2024.
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Alexander Sequeira is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $87,085.
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Gerald Santana works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Gerald earned $87,048 in 2024.
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Thomas Foley appears in Boston Police Department payroll as a Police Officer, with $86,977 reported in 2024 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.
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Nyah Webb works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Nyah earned $86,919 in 2024.
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James Sosa is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $86,539.
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Amanda Pena is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $85,863.
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At Boston Police Department, Renee Flynn serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $85,516.
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At Boston Police Department, Alec Donegan serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $85,343.
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At Boston Police Department, Cornelious Cornish serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $84,983.
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At Boston Police Department, Paul Stapleton serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $84,843.
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Matthew Ryan is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $84,241.
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At Boston Police Department, Matthew Farley serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $84,166.
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Brandon Chu holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $84,066.
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Michael Potts is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $83,711.