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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
Dereck Dolly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $240,340 $25,141
Douglas W Smith 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $239,952 $25,816
Sean E Coppney 2023 Boston Fire Department District FireChiefAdmn-AdvTech $239,924 $38,082
Robert L. Dowling 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $239,905 $36,410
Patrick J Woods 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $239,749 $38,537
Kevin Mark Preston 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $239,645 $59,601
Thomas J Blake 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Adv Tech $239,560 $25,334
William McGuirk 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $239,397 $55,800
C.Devon Watson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $239,179 $29,933
Frederick David Lorenz 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $239,084 $22,980
Robert C Cox 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD Night Division Inspec) $238,823 $10,172
Beau J Claiborne 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $238,565 $84,501
Eugenio E. Dudley 2023 Boston Fire Department FIU Digital Lab Supervisor $238,371 $43,976
Brian C Summering 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $238,297 $30,664
Scott D Wahlen 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $238,285 $40,484
Colin P. Kelly 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $237,550 $23,847
Alexander Cho 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $237,399 $55,112
Donald J Price 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $237,209 $33,992
David M. Ostiguy 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $236,964 $15,640
Anthony Lawrence Renzi 2023 Boston Fire Department Wkg Frprs Elec Equip Repairprs $236,911 $86,938
Douglas M Felton 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $236,813 $56,583
Christopher Burke 2023 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $236,703 $10,589
Christopher R. Jerry 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $236,269 $38,199
Gilbert Quinchia 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech $236,251 $35,177
Sean Michael Barrett 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $235,974 $54,172