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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Joseph Lynch works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Joseph earned $228,123 in 2024.
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John Flaherty works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. John earned $227,831 in 2024.
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This Police Officer record at Boston Police Department for Joseph Fawkes may represent several individuals, totaling $227,606 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Michael Walton serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $227,563.
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Christian Coyne works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Christian earned $227,445 in 2024.
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Michael Forbes works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Michael earned $227,346 in 2024.
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Jose Burgos holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $227,278.
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Julian Velez works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Julian earned $227,154 in 2024.
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Matthew Stone holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $227,106.
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Vanessa Neves holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $226,916.
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At Boston Police Department, Frederick Scroggins serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $226,703.
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At Boston Police Department, Patrick Murphy serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $226,653.
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Christopher Rooney works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Christopher earned $226,598 in 2024.
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Cesar Ortiz-Arias is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $226,544.
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At Boston Police Department, Richard Theodore serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $226,448.
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At Boston Police Department, Mark Grehan serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $226,316.
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John O'Toole works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. John earned $226,202 in 2024.
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Dennis Colon works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Dennis earned $226,143 in 2024.
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Jose Correia works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Jose earned $226,097 in 2024.
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Mark Potter holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $225,794.
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Michael Andrade works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Michael earned $225,439 in 2024.
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Jonathan Cooper is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $225,311.
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William Stewart works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. William earned $225,211 in 2024.
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Emerdine Lennon works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Emerdine earned $225,181 in 2024.
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Gul Hassan works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Gul earned $225,041 in 2024.
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Edson Miranda holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $224,819.
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At Boston Police Department, Erin Feeney serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $224,582.
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At Boston Police Department, Saequan Sparks-Clancy serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $224,485.
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Joseph Barton works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Joseph earned $224,313 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Brian Stallings serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $224,251.
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Philip Burke holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $224,251.
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At Boston Police Department, Erik Swanson serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $224,057.
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At Boston Police Department, Eddielee O'Neal serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $224,022.
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At Boston Police Department, Stephen Mcnulty serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $223,740.
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Kevin Mendes is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $223,269.
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Christopher Donlon is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $223,076.
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Mackenson Nazaire is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $222,997.
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Keyara Nolen works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Keyara earned $222,815 in 2024.
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Jason Castro holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $222,760.
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Jairo Polanco Paulino works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Jairo earned $222,641 in 2024.