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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
Jorge A Rojas 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $183,877 $31,056
Ronald Francis Bigos 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,864 $31,820
Jeffrey Michael Lavey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,838 $32,487
Brian Hardiman Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $183,781 $47,290
Leroy C. James 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,755 $30,238
Paul Francis Souza 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $183,744 $26,941
Philip T Ordonez 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (Mas Of F Boat) $183,731 $40,714
James Edward Tincker 2023 Boston Fire Department Mtr Eq Rpprs ClassIBPDFleetBFD $183,731 $84,178
Michael P. Dunnigan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $183,730 $10,265
Sean Joseph Colby 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech $183,727 $25,362
Thomas C Hughes 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,722 $47,411
Enrique A. Mejia 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,708 $51,611
Christopher Charles Rooney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $183,688 $30,251
John M Kilroe 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $183,676 $19,326
Michael E Ahern 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD InspLev2Certification) $183,667 $28,673
Bryan E Snell 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,612 $36,337
John P Hardiman 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $183,612 $8,247
Robert Dean 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $183,611 $12,287
Paul James Harvey 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $183,588 $55,659
John J. Forristall 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Admn-Advance Tech $183,583 $0
Robert T. Kilduff Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $183,561 $31,102
Jillian Ann Kervin 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $183,552 $58,916
James K Plourde 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $183,530 $52,467
Christopher E Stevens 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $183,476 $30,524
Gerry Liam Grealish 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,452 $30,302