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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
Hiram K Ortega 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $183,440 $43,792
Ryan Michael Halsey 2023 Boston Fire Department Wkg Frpr Linepr & Cablesplicer $183,412 $36,185
Neil E. Brunswick 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $183,393 $5,149
Nicholas Martin Querzoli 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (Training Instruc) $183,388 $52,814
Brendan Daly McCarthy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $183,371 $25,389
Sean M Hughes 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $183,263 $49,245
Brian Alkins 2023 Boston Fire Department Public Information Officer $183,258 $35,807
Roderick MacKinnon 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,253 $39,983
Kingsle Burke 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,250 $43,230
Eric R Foreman 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCEquip&LogMgr)-Technician $183,098 $34,502
Neil E. Brunswick 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $183,093 $15,657
James A Harding 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $183,073 $51,578
Patrick Moran 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $183,064 $28,240
Damon Todd Schersten 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $183,016 $22,867
Steven Ennis Kasper 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $182,861 $46,581
Michael James Mitchell 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $182,854 $20,279
Christopher J. Cummings 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCBestTeam)-AdvTechnician $182,852 $37,281
David Charles Thomson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $182,833 $50,408
John G Jackson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $182,789 $9,228
Sheila Ann Leahy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $182,704 $29,761
Makeurys Baez 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $182,683 $52,564
Joshua Herve Gaston 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $182,642 $28,730
Patrick W. Hussey 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSp)DFC-AdvTe $182,546 $21,760
John Eric Adams 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $182,360 $39,650
James A. Whitted 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $182,345 $23,473