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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
Thomas Anthony Sousa 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,809 $23,078
James Stephen Philpott 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,723 $25,370
Reginald Desir 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,707 $24,617
Michael Ryan Sweeney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,696 $26,177
Joseph M. Briscoe 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $157,663 $11,422
Abraham F Lopez 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $157,644 $25,575
Sally Chung 2023 Boston Fire Department Prin Data Proc Systems Analyst $157,620 $19,798
Sheila C Lyons 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $157,607 $24,680
Christopher Alonzo 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $157,563 $28,481
Mark Murphy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,544 $25,459
Patrick Matthew Martin 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $157,525 $30,040
Patrick C Hayden 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $157,520 $18,319
John MacKinnon 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,511 $22,449
Michael D O'Reilly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,482 $22,832
Richard J Savicke 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,442 $26,612
Elson Filipe Monteiro 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,407 $21,601
Michael Patrick Crowley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,403 $29,165
Yuri J Quinnie 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $157,394 $16,293
Edward T O'Donnell 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,385 $0
Kevin Bonilla 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,348 $22,140
Barry J Bourassa 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,342 $28,243
Michael Paul Ferraro 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $157,340 $22,313
Cory Prescott Finn 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $157,322 $26,465
Joseph John Masley IV 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $157,259 $3,822
Patrick M Lee 2023 Boston Fire Department Building Systems Engineer $157,245 $38,815