The Top 100 highest paid employees in the City of Boston show that six are now earning more than $200,000 per year in regular pay and that Supt. of Schools Tommy Chang continues to be the highest paid employee in the City.
The numbers reflect base pay from the calendar year 2016 and do not include Police Details. Still, most of the highest paid employees in the City are from the Police Department and Fire Department. With details and retro pay – which was higher in 2016 significantly because of back pay due at the settling of union contracts – the top earner in the City was Police Officer Waiman Lee of Allston, who made $403,408 and nearly $122,000 in detail pay. The second highest paid with details was Officer Windell Josey of Brockton, who made $396,348 in total, with $83,122 in details.
 Detail pay does not come from the City coffers typically, but is paid by private companies to the officers, with 10 percent going to the City. The only time that isn’t the case if when an officer is performing a detail for City work.
Supt. Chang made $259,484 in 2016, and second on the list was Police Commissioner William Evans, who made $221,323 in base pay. Chang did not wish to comment on the story.
The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA) did not return an e-mail for comment.
Within Massachusetts, The Springfield Supt. Daniel Warwick makes a little less than Chang, at $229,935 in 2015 numbers. The Springfield Police Commissioner John Barbieri made $172,516 in 2015. In Brockton in 2015 numbers, Supt. Kathleen Smith made $220,000 and Police Chief John Crowley made $183,094.
In Baltimore, the Police Commissioner Anthony Batts made $211,785 in 2015 numbers.
The following list does not reflect overtime and detail pay:
NAMEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DEPARTMENT NAMEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TITLEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â EARNINGS
Chang,Tommy                 Superintendent                   Superintendent              $259,484.43
Evans,William B      Boston Police Department      Commissioner (Bpd)          $221,323.02
Walsh,John Francis   Boston Fire Department    Chief of Support Services      $207,578.28
Fontana,Gerard T.     Boston Fire Department      Chief of Field Services        $206,823.45
Granara,David Richard Boston Fire Department DepFChfAdmn-AdvTechnician   $203,136.29
Finn,Joseph E.          Boston Fire Department  Fire Comm./Chief of theDept    $201,307.77
Dempsey,John          Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration   $199,726.24
McMahon,Joseph G  Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration   $199,726.24
Gross,William G.     Boston Police Department           Supn-In Chief               $190,034.95
Hocking,Michael E    Boston Fire Department     Dep Fire Chief Administration        $185,745.06
NAMEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DEPARTMENT NAMEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TITLEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â EARNINGS
Walsh,David John         Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration   $185,725.91
Calobrisi,Robert J.        Boston Fire Department            Dep Fire Chief               $183,928.73
Doherty,Michael J.        Boston Fire Department            Dep Fire Chief               $183,928.73
Fleming,Joseph Michael Boston Fire Department            Dep Fire Chief               $183,928.73
McNeil,Stephen D         Boston Fire Department            Dep Fire Chief               $183,928.73
Tully,Bernard J.             Boston Fire Department            Dep Fire Chief               $183,928.73
Stallworth,Andre R        Boston Fire Department            Dep Fire Chief               $183,717.17
Clifford,Peter J.            Boston Fire Department            Supn (Bfd/Fad)              $180,560.32
Shea,Bartholomew J     Boston Fire Department            Dep Fire Chief               $178,635.52
Costin,Dennis B            Boston Fire Department District FireChiefAdmn-AdvTech  $177,393.76
Blake,Thomas J            Boston Fire Department     District Fire Chief Admin       $176,851.68
Dillon,Michael P.           Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $176,478.82
Joseph,David W           Boston Fire Department     District Fire Chief Admin       $176,233.46
Fitzgerald,Paul A         Boston Police Department              Supn Bpd                  $175,357.83
Halstead,Randall J      Boston Police Department              Supn Bpd                  $175,357.83
Holmes,Lisa R.           Boston Police Department              Supn Bpd                  $175,357.83
Mancini,Frank A          Boston Police Department              Supn Bpd                  $175,357.83
Walsh,Martin J.                    Mayor’s Office                         Mayor                     $175,000.02
McNulty,Joseph G.       Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief-Adm Asst Dvmtr  $174,984.32
Buckley,Kevin J          Boston Police Department              Supn Bpd                  $174,574.77
O’Rourke,Bernard P     Boston Police Department              Supn Bpd                  $174,574.77
Maughn,Reynold           Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration   $173,452.20
Brienza,Horacio D.        Boston Fire Department  District Fire Chief-Technician    $172,645.97
Estrada,Karla                BPS Special Education      Deputy Superintendent        $172,471.08
Muncey,Donna E.            Strategy Department  Deputy Superintendent-(non-ac)  $172,471.08
Long,Gregory P          Boston Police Department              Supn Bpd                  $172,129.28
Leonard,David J             Boston Public Library                  President                  $171,384.58
Mullane Jr.,Neal A         Boston Fire Department     District Fire Chief Admin       $169,593.71
Shaffer,Steven E          Boston Fire Department  District Fire Chief-Technician    $167,441.41
Cuddahy,Don F.           Boston Fire Department     F Captain Admin Dvmstr       $165,751.97
Byrne,Edward F            Boston Fire Department        Asst Supn (Bfd/Fad)          $165,446.14
McCreary,Makeeba             Communications                  Chief of Staff               $165,422.99
Tully,Brian P                 Boston Fire Department   District Fire Chief-Adv Tech     $164,108.91
Keeley,Dennis L            Boston Fire Department  District Fire Chief-Technician    $164,078.26
Dowling,Robert L.         Boston Fire Department  District Fire Chief-Technician    $163,847.17
Papineau,Charles J       Boston Fire Department   District Fire Chief-Adv Tech     $163,652.00
Price,Donald J              Boston Fire Department  District Fire Chief-Technician    $163,251.51
Daley,John J              Boston Police Department         Dep Supn (Bpd)             $163,247.94
Paschal,Stephen P       Boston Fire Department     District Fire Chief Admin       $163,011.00
Murphy,Joseph W.        Boston Fire Department                 Chemist                   $162,844.24
Keeley,Paul P               Boston Fire Department Distric F Chief Liaison/Ret Bd   $162,659.18
Harrison,David C          Boston Fire Department  District Fire Chief-Technician    $162,587.72
Casper,Joseph             Boston Fire Department  Dist Fire Chief (Scuba Diver)    $161,733.83
Lonergan,James J        Boston Fire Department  District Fire Chief-Technician    $160,896.18
Celona,Michael O.         Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $160,698.86
McCormack,Martin P     Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $160,698.86
Felton,Richard F.          Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $160,555.76
Pettaway,Erik C            Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $160,453.54
Raymond,Mark J.          Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $160,453.54
Anderson,Edward AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Admn-Advance Tech $160,378.87
Wahlen,Scott D            Boston Fire Department  District Fire Chief-Technician    $160,315.86
Shea,Joseph D.            Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $160,238.12
Sloane,Christopher       Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $160,030.39
Edouard-Vincent,Marice Asst Superintendent-Network Instructional Superintendent  $159,736.51
Greene,James P           Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $159,429.25
McGovern,Ryan J.        Boston Fire Department FCaptAdminScubaDivAdvTech  $159,393.00
Whelan,Michael J          Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $158,668.75
Smith,Douglas W          Boston Fire Department             Dist Fire Chief               $158,183.46
Walker Gregory,Caren S Kennedy, EM Health Academy      Headmaster                $157,477.36
Rodriguez,Jonathan Boston Fire Department     Dist Fire Chief           $157,306.68
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