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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Lauren Natarelli works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Lauren earned $123,541 in 2024.
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Andrew Biggio holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $123,487.
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David Adubi is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $123,306.
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At Boston Police Department, Cormac Garvey serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $123,220.
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At Boston Police Department, Abby Smigielski serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $123,153.
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Ashley Barry works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Ashley earned $123,150 in 2024.
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Oranny Meran is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $122,808.
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Craig Claflin holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $122,616.
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Jean Dumel is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $122,581.
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Steven Hanlon holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $122,571.
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Kayla Halloran works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Kayla earned $122,076 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, John Vasquez serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $122,011.
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Julianne Delapp holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $121,879.
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Robert Casper works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Robert earned $121,675 in 2024.
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Alexander Guzman works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Alexander earned $121,645 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Michael Phinney serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $120,526.
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Linda Stanford-Scaglione works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Linda earned $119,840 in 2024.
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Khari Murphy holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $119,168.
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At Boston Police Department, Christian Adams serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $118,611.
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Robert O'Connor holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $118,043.
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At Boston Police Department, Richardson Joseph serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $117,853.
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At Boston Police Department, Jorge Carvalho serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $117,775.
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Michael Fullam holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $117,642.
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Francois Bosquet holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $116,596.
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Jason Villanueva works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Jason earned $116,548 in 2024.
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Chris Laguerre holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $115,806.
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At Boston Police Department, Hanad Ali serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $115,801.
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At Boston Police Department, Gabrielle Powell serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $115,452.
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Adderlin Paulino works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Adderlin earned $115,163 in 2024.
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Matthew Nigrelli is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $114,415.
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Gulianna Kehayias holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $114,403.
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Jean Abreu holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $114,343.
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Trinece Benson is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $114,337.
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At Boston Police Department, Christian Monteiro serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $114,086.
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Gelson Gomes is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $113,734.
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At Boston Police Department, Elsie Barbosa serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $113,619.
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Morlins Saintilus holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $113,592.
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Nia Little is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $113,540.
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At Boston Police Department, Craig Moore-Jenkins serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $113,493.
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At Boston Police Department, Devlin Foley serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $112,918.