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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
James P Greene 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $281,782 $52,566
Gerard Viola 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $280,695 $21,904
Timothy Smith 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $280,261 $40,231
Eric L Brown 2022 Boston Fire Department FF (Mas Of F Boat) $280,238 $36,643
Shawn M. Donovan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Admn-Advance Tech $279,840 $38,534
Dennis P. Devlin 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $278,702 $47,558
Steven E Shaffer 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $278,221 $38,728
Richard F Paris 2022 Boston Fire Department FF (Asst Supn Maint) $276,888 $60,531
Theron S. Houlder 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $276,505 $44,372
Robert J Counihan Jr. 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $276,257 $32,156
James J Lonergan 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $275,514 $44,321
Gerald Joseph Powers Jr. 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $275,128 $51,923
Jean N Semexant 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $272,469 $19,987
Bartholomew J Shea 2022 Boston Fire Department DepFireChiefAdmn-AdvTechnician $272,159 $31,182
Joseph D. Shea 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $271,771 $25,310
Thomas P Flaherty Jr. 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Adv Tech $270,486 $38,455
Martin P McCormack 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $267,890 $17,517
Horacio D. Brienza 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $267,461 $28,329
Jeffrey M Whitman 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $265,909 $25,486
David John Walsh 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $262,605 $20,369
Darrell J Higginbottom 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $261,289 $22,374
S David Exilien 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $260,112 $69,906
Joseph G. McNulty 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief-Adm Asst Dvmtr $259,687 $35,503
Mark Buchanan 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $259,615 $7,544
Paul J. McCarthy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $259,598 $70,451