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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
Brendan John Tully 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,383 $25,332
Luis Javier Bernabel 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,351 $24,928
Matthew Andrew Buckley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,349 $24,842
Michael P. Souza 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,332 $22,692
James Robert Patterson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,312 $22,052
Stephen T. Ryan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,273 $21,107
Melven Barros 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,201 $22,232
Jeremiah Francis Foley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,192 $26,956
Brian Thomas Curran 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,179 $24,469
Richard Joseph Treanor 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,104 $22,411
James Francis Nelson Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,100 $22,701
John Joseph Delano 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,095 $22,251
Patrick Shay Callahan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,072 $22,233
Philip Robert Byrne 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,068 $22,239
Christopher Francis Davey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,033 $19,554
Bruce Errol Bates Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,004 $21,123
Robert Matthew Manning 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $151,995 $11,115
Emmanuel Rodriguez 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,992 $21,055
Timothy D Gerety 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $151,978 $20,416
Patrick Daniel Long 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,958 $21,890
Ryan Francis Maher 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $151,938 $18,221
Kevin James Oliver 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $151,887 $1,621
Joseph Paul Derby 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $151,870 $25,298
Michael D. O'Reilly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,801 $18,700
Michael Joseph Kelly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,788 $25,375