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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
Ryan Christopher Dunbar 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $144,078 $21,526
Michael S McDonagh 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,980 $16,512
Geoffrey Myles Curtis 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $143,902 $30,670
Brian R. Sullivan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,873 $14,433
Kenneth John Kelly 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,858 $24,378
James M MacKinnon 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,792 $12,995
Jose Felipe Dos Santos 2023 Boston Fire Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairperson BFD $143,772 $60,833
Christopher Paul Amato 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,721 $15,163
Luke Richard Ingram 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,707 $28,091
Barry F Gaynor Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $143,703 $0
Bryan E. O'Connor 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,697 $17,155
Sean Patrick Thebado 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,679 $17,905
Patrick Ryan Mahoney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,673 $10,616
Christopher Paul Amato 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,572 $14,730
William GuoBin Chan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,532 $17,070
Gary William Russell 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $143,520 $10,553
Gregory Leo Stack 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $143,515 $9,386
Andrew Patrick Carey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,510 $17,545
Steven Richard O'Brien 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,489 $11,906
Wayne W Roberts 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,438 $11,367
Marcus Beal 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,413 $6,118
Dennis Allan Ross 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,365 $12,522
James P. Reidy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,354 $14,334
Thomas J Carroll 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,345 $12,453
Michael James Ferris 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,340 $19,980