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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Craig Van Allen works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Craig earned $202,394 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Patrick Welter serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $202,283.
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Darrell Vinson holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $202,220.
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Justin O'Brien is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $202,219.
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Gerard Colpoys is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $202,177.
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This Police Officer record at Boston Police Department for Michael Mcdonough may represent several individuals, totaling $202,031 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Kailey Curran serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $201,929.
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Michael Szegda is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $201,370.
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Jason Dorsainvil is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $201,358.
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Mary Legacy is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $201,225.
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Ashley Sena is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $201,088.
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Shannon Mclaughlin-Fabiano is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $200,953.
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Ryan Manning works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Ryan earned $200,628 in 2024.
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Peter Lekaditis holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $200,410.
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Arthur Lonergan works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Arthur earned $200,040 in 2024.
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Robert Hanton is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $199,952.
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At Boston Police Department, Nhi Tran serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $199,853.
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Dawn Joseph is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $199,840.
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Desmond Gales works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Desmond earned $199,409 in 2024.
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Antoine King works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Antoine earned $199,106 in 2024.
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Delvis Baez-Saldana works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Delvis earned $199,062 in 2024.
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Stephen Mckunes works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Stephen earned $198,964 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Orville Mason serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $198,849.
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Raymond Albanese is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $198,846.
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Jacqueline Czar holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $198,838.
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Madeline Banks is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $198,827.
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Matthew Horan is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $198,771.
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Keith Wood is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $198,416.
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At Boston Police Department, Zachary Richard serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $198,342.
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Brian Fitzgerald works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Brian earned $198,340 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Patrick Costello serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $198,340.
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Gerald Perkins is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $198,246.
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Joseph Burke works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Joseph earned $198,179 in 2024.
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Nathan Lam is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $198,164.
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Michael Mulrean works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Michael earned $197,891 in 2024.
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Ross Patten works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Ross earned $197,685 in 2024.
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Gregory Joseph holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $197,589.
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Michael Mulvey is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $197,464.
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At Boston Police Department, Zachary Keenan serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $197,415.
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At Boston Police Department, Lukasz Grochowski serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $197,162.