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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
Michelle T MacDougall 2024 Boston Fire Department Property Manager $125,926 $17,693
Jennifer M Ryan 2024 Boston Fire Department Case Manager (Fire Dept.) $125,769 $11,146
Robert George Coveney 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $125,570 $9,401
John Casey Donovan 2024 Boston Fire Department Radio Repairperson (Bfd) $124,541 $915
Matthew John Coughlin 2024 Boston Fire Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairperson BFD $124,441 $43,127
James Thomas Morahan 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $123,987 $12,460
Daniel O'Connell 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $123,522 $13,376
Robert S. Peckham 2024 Boston Fire Department Gen Maint Mech Frprs## $122,671 $36,537
Donato Gregory Mercury 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $122,256 $0
John Patrick Coffey 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $122,089 $7,934
John Bourk 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $122,066 $20,970
Matthew W Coose 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $121,458 $8,053
Lori M. Donovan 2024 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst (Fire) $121,415 $25,964
Brendan Donovan Trahon 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $120,796 $20,079
Michael Joseph Kelly 2024 Boston Fire Department Lineperson $120,405 $0
Paul F Flaherty 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $120,363 $0
Luke John Pugsley 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $119,681 $20,006
Matthew William Beck 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $119,191 $13,159
Mary Kilgallen 2024 Boston Fire Department Prin Admin Asst $119,017 $0
Nevin Paul Connors 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $118,847 $17,674
Roman Randolph Monteiro 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $118,843 $7,154
Brian George Campbell 2024 Boston Fire Department MtrEquipRpprClassIIBPDFleetBFD $118,181 $36,595
Jenelle Monique Finnerty 2024 Boston Fire Department Assoc Inspec Engineer (Fire) $117,995 $29,949
Paulo Aponte 2024 Boston Fire Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairperson BFD $117,921 $43,747
William Francis Flynn 2024 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $117,588 $6,299