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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 Patrick Coffey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,560 $32,298
Bryan Lawrence Murphy 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,497 $0
Christopher William Corey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $137,486 $24,401
John Michael Lee 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,480 $27,349
Michael Scott Locust 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,411 $11,525
David M Dowd 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $137,362 $0
Benjamin Todd Upton 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,259 $10,058
Timothy Ryan Shepard 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,252 $13,166
Daniel Presume 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $137,231 $23,377
William Samuel Torney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,184 $15,692
Russell Thomas Watt 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,182 $19,856
Lawrence Arthur Buechs 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,101 $29,890
Aron Manus McCabe 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,069 $4,003
Eddy E. Holmes 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,047 $5,022
Daniel Jude McLaughlin 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,028 $2,176
Roy A Mills 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $137,002 $9,703
David Manuel Garay 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,995 $13,542
Christopher Clark Rogers 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,947 $9,343
John Ernest Gregorio Jr. 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,931 $9,402
Edward J Haley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $136,907 $0
Michael Stephen Foley 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,849 $5,928
David Michael Mahoney 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $136,785 $22,526
Brian Patrick Casey 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,756 $6,450
Adrian Arturo Benitez Rivera 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $136,668 $29,333
Dennis Martin Pinsonneault 2023 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,652 $12,382