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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
Robert Todd Smith 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech $151,768 $0
Patrick Edward Zawadzki 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,741 $43,335
Adam John Cahill 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,650 $9,101
Shawn Patrick Mullen 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,597 $24,792
Michael Scott Locust 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,554 $24,437
Robert Douglas Ferrari 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,540 $21,657
John S Varner 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $151,528 $20,796
Brian J Mellace 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,516 $0
Eric M Wirtz 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,511 $20,735
William P. Vraibel 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,502 $23,945
Joseph A Ford Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,407 $23,150
Richard F Fullam 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (Juvenile F5 Program) $151,318 $2,927
John F LeBlanc 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,317 $24,141
Dennis Michael Collins Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,308 $22,439
John Francis Toomey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,291 $19,293
John J Dolan 2023 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $151,249 $4,022
Michael Timothy Lyons 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,213 $26,800
Mark Flynn 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,187 $14,955
William Francis Joyce 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $151,167 $26,033
Peter Daniel O'Donnell 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $151,115 $47,488
Paul Joseph McIrney 2023 Boston Fire Department FF (LEPC Title3 Insp) $151,059 $12,651
Stephen Flaherty Sloan II 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $150,969 $19,125
Gary E. Doyle 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $150,957 $22,015
Christopher Paul Conley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $150,942 $28,083
Sean Kelly Finn 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $150,897 $27,580