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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 J. Campanale 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $188,582 $29,548
Peter Blain Buchanan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $188,566 $25,123
Matthew Steven DiFrancesco 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,532 $8,906
Frederick James Hollien 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $188,509 $15,398
Patricia K. Donovan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,495 $45,951
Marc Richard McAndrew 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $188,341 $29,081
Peter A Gailunas 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $188,244 $17,257
Peter R. Ryan Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD Night Division Inspec) $188,201 $2,559
Victor Ramirez 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,190 $33,236
Scott Ramsey Denson 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $188,097 $40,959
Michael Sullivan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $188,028 $25,510
William M Rogers 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $187,999 $32,455
Timothy Shields 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $187,970 $52,089
James J Coveney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $187,949 $34,950
John Ernest Hagerty 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $187,890 $36,688
Larry E Smith 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $187,847 $48,531
Clyde Ashton Forde 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $187,638 $45,006
James Francis Fitzgerald 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $187,629 $25,468
Erik C Then 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech $187,587 $32,500
Joseph M Dowd 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $187,582 $28,374
Michael Sameski V 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $187,536 $30,556
Matthew Richard Kenneally 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $187,517 $10,843
Michael W Lee 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $187,508 $31,388
Lorenzo Thompson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $187,502 $15,481
Steven W Parker 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $187,488 $26,653