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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
Joseph L Foley 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(Liaison to RetirementBoard) $161,322 $20,486
Matthew Sean Lausier 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,262 $26,605
Christopher James Tillman 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,245 $0
Michael John Neves Luongo 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,217 $36,087
Brendan Robert Costa Ferreira 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,205 $19,479
Patrick Joseph Fuhrman 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,176 $9,321
Kristopher Michael Creighton 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $161,138 $31,787
Michael S. Johnson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,133 $26,482
Anthony Thomas McDonagh 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,130 $32,338
Kevin Robert Morris 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,124 $36,806
Peter Cameron Eleey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,111 $36,153
Richard S O'Neill 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (Asst Dive Mast) $161,029 $31,205
Stuart James Borgen 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $161,010 $30,858
Matthew M Brady 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCEquip&LogMgr)-Technician $161,010 $25,245
David M Kiley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $161,005 $28,537
Karla Isela Spinale 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $160,950 $51,756
Tony Docanto 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,928 $27,896
Michael Brendan Flemming 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,912 $29,632
Joseph W Geary 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,856 $30,026
John Stapleton 2023 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-ADR $160,837 $0
Sean D Hanlon 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,820 $21,192
David Thomas McSweeney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,793 $28,515
James Robert Patterson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,792 $31,690
Samuel Wester Johnson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $160,787 $29,224
Gary R Dardia 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCEquip&LogMgr)-AdvTech $160,775 $17,686