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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At Boston Police Department, Ryan Keogh serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $222,437.
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Marc Mcbrien works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Marc earned $222,427 in 2024.
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Austin Brooks works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Austin earned $222,380 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Katherine Glaropoulos serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $222,126.
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Erik Shears is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $222,085.
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Steven Lambert is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $222,078.
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Santiago Maldonado works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Santiago earned $221,972 in 2024.
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Jennifer Connolly holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $221,864.
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Joseph Garcia holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $221,789.
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Shawn Mckenzie works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Shawn earned $221,695 in 2024.
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Christopher Curtin works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Christopher earned $221,444 in 2024.
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Brian Perry is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $221,111.
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Vincent Porcaro is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $221,004.
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At Boston Police Department, Thomas Santry serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $220,930.
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Frankie Ramirez is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $220,737.
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Kylie Langton is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $220,380.
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At Boston Police Department, Darnell Toomer serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $220,226.
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Noel Esteves holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $220,135.
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Connor Parent is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $220,016.
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Mathieu Woods holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $219,797.
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Thomas Antonino works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Thomas earned $219,771 in 2024.
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John Mccarthy is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $219,688.
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Evan Nunez is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $219,581.
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Brian Harrington is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $219,581.
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Lauriano Barros is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $219,566.
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Scott Griffin is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $219,539.
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Payroll for Oscar Henriquez (Police Officer, Boston Police Department) may cover more than one person; together they account for $219,500 in 2024.
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Matthew O'Connor holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $219,451.
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Sean Ercolano holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $219,073.
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At Boston Police Department, James Holder serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $218,665.
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Joseph Petruzziello holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $218,642.
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Ronie Robinson works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Ronie earned $218,604 in 2024.
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Angel Figueroa works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Angel earned $218,372 in 2024.
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Brandon Carey holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $218,313.
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At Boston Police Department, William Connor serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $218,293.
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Nicholas O'Malley works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Nicholas earned $218,157 in 2024.
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At Boston Police Department, Jairo Polanco serves as a Police Officer. Their 2024 pay totaled $218,046.
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Michael Kerin works as a Police Officer for Boston Police Department. Michael earned $217,988 in 2024.
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Andrew Kelly is a Police Officer at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $217,886.
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Francisco Nedio holds the role of Police Officer at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $217,871.