Brookline Town Salaries: Who Made The Most Money In 2021

BROOKLINE, MA — Fewer than 30 town employees made more than $200,000 in 2021, the majority of which work at the police department, according to town data obtained by Patch.

Otherwise, the town's payroll for calendar year 2021 showed that the police department dominated the highest paid town employees after factoring in non-salary bonuses, incentives, detail work and retro union payments.

Lt. Michael McCarthy an officer who works in the patrol division had a base salary of $107,748.76. But after overtime, detail work and other bonuses and payouts were factored in he walked away with a gross pay of $292,340.40 for the calendar year, making him the highest-paid employee in Brookline, once again.

Right behind him was Officer Robert Mayer, whose base pay was $72,861.44, but after overtime, detail work and other factors ended with $269,824.28.

Similarly to past years, the employees with the highest salary for the town and schools included the town administrator, heads of schools, and the fire and police chiefs.

In 2017, some 17 employees broke the $200,000 mark when salary adjustments such as overtime are factored in. In 2018, by contrast, only 12 employees earned more than $200,000, according to town records. In 2019 that number went up to 31. For 2020, the number edged downward slightly to 29. In 2021, it stayed about the same at 28.

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Read more:

• Brookline Town Salaries: Who Made The Most Money In 2020
• Which Town Employees Made More Than $200K In 2019
• Brookline Town Salaries: Who Made The Most Money in 2018
• Who Made The Most Money in 2017