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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Dean Parlon is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $193,253.
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Christopher Armstrong holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $193,224.
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Quang Pham holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $193,008.
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Brian Doherty works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Brian earned $192,921 in 2024.
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Jack Lombardi is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $192,915.
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Michael Mcdonagh holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $192,668.
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At Boston Police Department, Gethro Monperousse serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $192,194.
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Matthew Beard is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $192,105.
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Patrick Cadogan holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $192,044.
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John White is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $191,806.
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Timothy Warren is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $191,707.
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Jorge Figueroa holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $191,546.
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At Boston Police Department, Michael Flaven serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $191,546.
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Kathleen Burke works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Kathleen earned $191,449 in 2024.
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Kevin Cullen holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $190,841.
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At Boston Police Department, Patrick Jenner serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $190,615.
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T'Asia Zayas holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $190,570.
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Garrett Byrne works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Garrett earned $190,502 in 2024.
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Sarah-Jane Hassan Mcdaid works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Sarah-Jane earned $190,393 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Sean Mulligan serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $190,261.
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Derek Scott holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $190,255.
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Emily Wood is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $190,220.
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Kyle Ryan holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $190,165.
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Manuel Mundo is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $190,100.
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At Boston Police Department, Kristina Mitchell serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $189,954.
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John Ball works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. John earned $189,843 in 2024.
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Steven Ashman is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $189,796.
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Janine Butler holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $189,778.
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Angelique Samuel-Lenehan is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $189,758.
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Johnpaul Kelley works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Johnpaul earned $189,736 in 2024.
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Conor Murphy holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $189,650.
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Terrence Murray holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $189,277.
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At Boston Police Department, Frank Chiola serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $189,083.
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Manuel Alves is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $189,052.
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Louisimond Vertyl works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Louisimond earned $188,921 in 2024.
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Sandy Koss works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Sandy earned $188,866 in 2024.
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Thomas Flynn holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $188,678.
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Michelle Egan holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $188,672.
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At Boston Police Department, Marilyn Agudelo-Echevarria serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $188,639.
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Rachel Peinkofer works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Rachel earned $188,629 in 2024.