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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
Douglas Philip Menard 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $243,764 $55,627
Douglas W Smith 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $243,555 $39,292
Gerald M. Cianciulli 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $243,372 $20,655
George Christopher Egan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $242,849 $77,927
Michael F. Gavin 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $242,170 $68,149
Joseph Minehan 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $242,057 $47,333
Gabriel J. Clark 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $241,375 $61,313
Dereck Dolly 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $240,340 $25,141
Patrick J Woods 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $239,749 $38,537
William McGuirk 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $239,397 $55,800
Frederick David Lorenz 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $239,084 $22,980
Robert C Cox 2022 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD Night Division Inspec) $238,823 $10,172
Colin P. Kelly 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $237,550 $23,847
Anthony Lawrence Renzi 2022 Boston Fire Department Wkg Frprs Elec Equip Repairprs $236,911 $86,938
Christopher Burke 2022 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $236,703 $10,589
Christopher R. Jerry 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $236,269 $38,199
Sean Michael Barrett 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $235,974 $54,172
Brian Sellon 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $235,822 $41,853
David C Harrison 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $235,561 $23,005
John F Kelly 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $235,250 $62,950
Michael F O'Connor Jr. 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $234,739 $51,567
Kevin P Brooks 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $234,555 $29,773
Kevin Patrick Ranahan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $234,315 $51,531
Paul S Luciano 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $234,198 $36,696
Deanna Marie McDevitt 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $233,897 $35,665