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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
Michael G Spence 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (Training Instruc) $193,742 $28,360
David T. McCann 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $193,724 $33,038
Kade Edwards 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $193,603 $35,523
Kelley A Minehan 2023 Boston Fire Department Sr Fire Alarm Operator $193,505 $40,985
Christopher J. Cummings 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCBestTeam)-AdvTechnician $193,498 $43,228
Kevin Brandon Halsey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $193,456 $47,791
Sean Linnell 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $193,443 $24,930
John J Geswell 2023 Boston Fire Department Prin Fire Alarm Operator $193,423 $27,525
David L Garrett 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $193,422 $27,265
Anthony P Fucile 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $193,351 $32,054
John J Geswell 2023 Boston Fire Department Prin Fire Alarm Operator $193,312 $25,360
James P Riley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $193,231 $38,145
Mel G.M. Creary 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech $193,047 $30,920
Christopher M Fairbanks 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $193,026 $22,164
Tyler Porter Thomas 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $193,018 $24,732
Robert K. Kelly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $192,888 $14,349
Patrick Liam O'Brien 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $192,801 $19,119
May Hue Ho 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $192,760 $61,321
Robert E. Hayes 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $192,737 $17,590
Timothy Frederick Goddard 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $192,728 $43,350
Jonathan Alan Hamblin 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $192,686 $55,305
Michael Adam Holt 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $192,680 $28,944
Gino Roach 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $192,657 $26,981
Joshua William Stuart-Shor 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $192,644 $40,459
Christopher Avery Williams 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $192,548 $53,025