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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
Peter John Starkey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $172,442 $21,792
Patrick Charles Dasey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,393 $41,938
Katoyer Liunuma 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $172,392 $41,056
Harry W Daniels 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $172,385 $0
John Merlino 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,357 $15,127
Mark T Foley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $172,217 $20,793
Nicholas B Bonaceto 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $172,217 $18,071
Robert J. McGrath 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $172,195 $0
Bryan Edward Warner 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $172,167 $22,655
Christopher D Wright 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $172,131 $35,377
Richard L Garcia 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,083 $31,434
Wilber Calderon 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $172,049 $33,951
Joseph J. Houlder 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $172,002 $38,238
Ramon Alicea 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $171,985 $22,616
Patrick S Hayes 2023 Boston Fire Department EAP Coordinator $171,967 $0
Joseph P. Finn 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $171,924 $36,512
Shayne Michael Houlihan 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCBestTeam)-AdvTechnician $171,919 $38,377
Conary Antonio Thompson 2023 Boston Fire Department Wkg Frpr Linepr & Cablesplicer $171,916 $26,886
John C Dubeau 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $171,819 $16,756
Colin James Mooney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $171,781 $30,262
Marvin Lamar Alexander 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $171,689 $12,971
Kevin Deagle 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Admin-ADR $171,649 -$27
Erik Thomas Anderson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $171,568 $17,387
Dara Seamus Flaherty 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $171,512 $24,929
Larry Hurd 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $171,507 $38,518