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Boston Fire Department Payroll

Boston Fire Department is represented in the Boston payroll dataset from 2011-2025. Across 27,822 reported records, the department accounts for $1,767,449,508 in total gross pay and $504,515,973 in overtime. Use this page to review the department’s recurring titles, top-paid records, and year-by-year payroll footprint.

Total pay

$1,767,449,508

Combined gross pay in this department.

Average pay

$63,527

Average gross pay per record.

Employee names

2,753

Distinct employee-name entries reported.

Overtime

$504,515,973

Combined overtime in the dataset.

Year-by-year department payroll

Year Total Gross
2025 $316,676,060
2024 $343,616,180
2023 $559,248,465
2022 $278,031,391
2021 $269,877,412
2020 $0
2019 $0
2018 $0
2017 $0
2016 $0
2015 $0
2014 $0
2013 $0
2012 $0
2011 $0

Payroll records for this department

Employee Year Department Title Total Gross Overtime
William J Hogan 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $146,667 $0
Brendan William Ronayne 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $146,659 $15,599
Nicholas Allen Lyle 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $146,635 $15,064
Brendan Hussey 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $146,568 $27,967
Michael R O'Donnell 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $146,352 $19,115
Jose Felipe Dos Santos 2024 Boston Fire Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairperson BFD $146,248 $61,704
Collin Robert Tully 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $146,006 $15,160
Matthew Gerard Goggin 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $145,954 $20,190
Christopher James Ruggiero 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $145,894 $3,154
Christopher Alan Bird 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $145,873 $17,270
Jonathan Mitchell Stratton 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $145,840 $23,159
Robert Brian Kelly 2024 Boston Fire Department Chief Technology Officer $145,794 $0
James EricJoseph Meaney 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $145,708 $18,796
Thomas Michael Sameski 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $145,634 $22,041
Ian James Vincent 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $145,356 $21,883
Matthew Douglas Rader 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $145,296 $16,018
Shannon R Blair 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $145,251 $15,606
Brendan Clifford Paschal 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $145,085 $89
Richard M. Rizza 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $144,898 $6,687
Thomas Andrew Kineavy 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $144,878 $16,861
Jason C Chung 2024 Boston Fire Department Assoc Inspec Engineer (Fire) $144,211 $43,906
Sean Donovan 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,835 $24,395
Joseph Andrew Poles 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $143,778 $21,573
Michael Daniel Crowley 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $143,709 $8,637
Gary Lineker Constant 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,707 $23,519