City of Boston / Boston Police Department / Social Worker (Bpd)
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
9 employees hold this title in Boston Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $89,384, below the department median of $178,751.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 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 Social Workers, All Other — about 410 people — is $98,320. Boston Police Department pays a median base salary of $82,396 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 19th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Workers, All Other 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 Social Workers, All Other — about 62,930 people — is $71,900. Boston Police Department’s median base salary is 15% above that national figure, about the 60th 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 7 of 9 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 $89,384, 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 23 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $89,384 ranks #8 of 23. See Social Worker across all of City of Boston →
Median total compensation for comparable Social Worker 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.
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Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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Jennifer Lyden is a Social Worker (Bpd) at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $98,387.
Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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Kimmarie Keane holds the role of Social Worker (Bpd) at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $97,186.
Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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At Boston Police Department, Tianna Musto serves as a Social Worker (Bpd). Their 2024 pay totaled $92,159.
Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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Sarah Stack is a Social Worker (Bpd) at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $89,982.
Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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Maria Perry is a Social Worker (Bpd) at Boston Police Department. 2024 total compensation came to $89,384.
Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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Miranda O'Brien holds the role of Social Worker (Bpd) at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $80,417.
Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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At Boston Police Department, Alexandra Gies serves as a Social Worker (Bpd). Their 2024 pay totaled $31,976.
Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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At Boston Police Department, Ellen Leonard serves as a Social Worker (Bpd). Their 2024 pay totaled $14,011.
Social Worker (Bpd)/Boston Police Department
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Miranda Mitchell holds the role of Social Worker (Bpd) at Boston Police Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $9,274.