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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
Brian Sellon 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $235,822 $41,853
Paul J. McCarthy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $235,814 $44,234
Thomas J Cherry 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $235,727 $31,147
Michael S Mullen 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $235,641 $32,558
James Patrick Greatorex 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $235,619 $35,086
David C Harrison 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $235,561 $23,005
Norris M Spence 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $235,353 $68,042
John F Kelly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $235,250 $62,950
Francisco Diaz 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $235,109 $27,171
James A Corbett 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSp)DFC-AdvTe $234,904 $60,665
Patrick D. Murphy 2023 Boston Fire Department District FireChiefAdmn-AdvTech $234,807 $12,138
Michael F O'Connor Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $234,739 $51,567
Kevin P Brooks 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $234,555 $29,773
Kevin Patrick Ranahan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $234,315 $51,531
Paul S Luciano 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $234,198 $36,696
Deanna Marie McDevitt 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $233,897 $35,665
James K Elow 2023 Boston Fire Department FIU Armorer $233,809 $54,350
Brian P Mullen 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $233,784 $31,595
Charles J Papineau 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Adv Tech $233,564 $29,194
Cormick Brendan Lynch 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $233,466 $48,559
Neil McCarthy 2023 Boston Fire Department Inside Wireperson $233,302 $86,170
John Joseph McKenna Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Prin Fire Alarm Operator $233,292 $66,540
John Joseph McKenna Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Prin Fire Alarm Operator $233,277 $65,245
Steven J. Mitchell 2023 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $233,026 $41,641
Aundria Burcy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $232,988 $73,051