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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
Sean F Kelly 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $219,821 $20,802
Erik C Pettaway 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $219,654 $19,834
Justin Frank Dornhoffer 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $219,631 $86,836
Thomas J Cherry 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $219,627 $24,376
Stephan H Oliveira 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $219,410 $25,597
Brian P Heelen 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $219,243 $23,494
Patrick Joseph Wynne Jr. 2022 Boston Fire Department Electrical Equip Repairprs## $219,117 $90,678
Ryan J. McGovern 2022 Boston Fire Department FCaptAdminScubaDivAdvTech $218,883 $25,301
James Patrick Greatorex 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $218,837 $19,717
Joseph L Penabad 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $218,585 $23,951
William J. Malcomb 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $218,530 $76,823
Michael F Murphy 2022 Boston Fire Department Frprs Electrical Equip Rprprs $218,496 $55,607
Shawn M. McGrath 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $218,408 $23,773
Lendail McDowall 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $218,398 $46,201
John Thomas Cooney 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $218,341 $62,746
Matthew Talbot 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $218,302 $38,418
Paul P. Ristino 2022 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $218,083 $20,301
Steven J Fairneny 2022 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $218,012 $3,958
Max Beichel X 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $217,943 $35,348
Edward J Glasheen 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $217,909 $52,330
Robert Tabb 2022 Boston Fire Department FF (Training Instruc) $217,666 $76,750
Patrick D. Murphy 2022 Boston Fire Department District FireChiefAdmn-AdvTech $217,542 $1,579
Justin Timothy Yanosick 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $217,500 $39,279
Eileen C Clougherty 2022 Boston Fire Department Asst Supn (Bfd/Fad) $217,358 $25,360
Sean M. O'Brien 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $217,304 $51,229