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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
John S Varner 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $152,971 $23,615
Eugene B Fortes 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $152,967 $19,203
Eric James Lamb 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,960 $24,279
Patrick Shay Callahan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,943 $21,046
Duane B Jenkins 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $152,940 $25,358
Matthew John Healey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,937 $25,231
Terence Michael Mayo Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,891 $16,317
Stuart James Borgen 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,860 $18,727
Brian Joseph Glora 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,842 $37,382
Thomas Phillip McGrory 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,833 $20,115
Joseph Gerard Garland 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,807 $24,593
Jeremy Ryan Daviau 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $152,787 $18,743
Andrew L Doherty 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,758 $20,075
Michael B Hegarty 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,711 $24,290
Brian Patrick Casey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,679 $21,756
Roberto Ortiz 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $152,643 $18,849
Andrew William Verbitzki 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,601 $43,496
Gregory Dajuan Williams 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,593 $17,382
Brian Thomas Curran 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,551 $21,543
Jose Felipe Dos Santos 2023 Boston Fire Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairperson BFD $152,535 $70,931
Brian J Mellace 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,532 $5,898
Robert Barker Canham 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,531 $21,137
Kevin James Sheehan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,519 $19,676
Patrick Charles Dasey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,472 $22,499
Benjamin Todd Upton 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,462 $19,133