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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
Michael P. McGonagle 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,316 $11,000
Matthew Shane Kelley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,311 $13,014
Richard E. Berger Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,293 $10,502
Arthur W Brown 2023 Boston Fire Department Mask Repair Specialist $141,225 $7,011
Raymond Travers 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,183 $13,099
Michael J Texeria 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,169 $0
Victor Samuel Munoz 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $141,149 $7,148
Patrick Daniel Walsh 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,125 $12,232
Matthew Robert Nelson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,060 $14,659
Peter Thomas Buckley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,042 $18,353
David Anthony Dawson 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,019 $11,915
Colin Thomas Donovan 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,010 $12,008
Gary William Russell 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $141,008 $10,919
Joseph W Spinale 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,977 $12,435
Alexander Thomas Berte Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,917 $13,112
David Kirrane 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $140,896 $13,247
Patrick Thomas Burke 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,865 $32,371
Philip Jeremiah Holda 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,853 $9,347
Brian Michael McCarthy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,829 $16,423
Jay Nevin Sponseller 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,823 $14,480
Nicholas J Clifford 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,794 $14,244
Adam Chandler Sines 2023 Boston Fire Department Radio Repairperson (Bfd) $140,792 $9,266
Robert Jeremiah Gainey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $140,758 $11,144
Robert S. Peckham 2023 Boston Fire Department Gen Maint Mech Frprs## $140,747 $54,358
Ahkym Bayyan Corbin 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,744 $11,873