The Boston Public Library provides educational and cultural enrichment free to all by engaging the public through programming and active spaces, restoring and preserving our history, providing access to borrow from our vast collection of books and other material and caring for the Public's Special Collections.
Executive compensation, broken down
Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2023
- Base
- $19k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- $354
- Benefits
- —
- Base
- $3k
- Bonus
- $20
- Other
- $43
- Benefits
- —
| Position | Base | Bonus | Other | Benefits | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chief Technology Officer highest compensated employee | — | — | — | — | $41k $45k |
Chief Financial Officer (cfo) (effective July 2023) | — | — | — | — | $39k $43k |
Director of Research & Special Collections (effective August 2023) highest compensated employee | $19k | — | $354 | — | $34k $38k |
President | — | — | — | — | $31k $34k |
Supervisor of Circulation and Shelving highest compensated employee | $3k | $20 | $43 | — | $28k $31k |
Director of Library Services highest compensated employee | — | — | — | — | $26k $29k |
Chief Financial Officer (cfo) (retired July 2023) | — | — | — | — | $18k $20k |
Chief of Staff & Strategy (effective November 2021) highest compensated employee | — | — | — | — | $17k $19k |
Clerk & Executive Assistant to the President | — | — | — | — | $11k $12k |
Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.
Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Plus 17 unpaid individuals.
Down 65%
from 2022
From $117k in 2022 to $41k in 2023.
Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
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