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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 W Smith 2025 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $299,038 $0
Jeffrey M Whitman 2025 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $298,524 $36,721
Gerald M. Cianciulli 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $298,422 $40,483
Kevin F Meehan 2025 Boston Fire Department Exec Asst Commissioner Admin $297,894 $22,100
Richard C Francis 2025 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $297,378 $31,606
George Christopher Egan 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $297,125 $102,869
Jonathan P Ronzio 2025 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $297,088 $21,686
James P Greene 2025 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $296,967 $42,304
John R Berthiaume 2025 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $295,709 $45,930
Steven E Shaffer 2025 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $295,615 $46,971
Joseph Minehan 2025 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $294,998 $75,237
Kevin P Brooks 2025 Boston Fire Department District FireChiefAdmn-AdvTech $294,905 $29,780
Jonathan Rodriguez 2025 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $294,464 $69,952
Michael J Pavone 2025 Boston Fire Department FF(TraingInstruc)AdvTech Admin $293,284 $56,757
Bartholomew J Shea 2025 Boston Fire Department DepFireChiefAdmn-AdvTechnician $292,952 $0
Patrick M Slattery 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $292,922 $59,803
Gerald Joseph Powers Jr. 2025 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $291,839 $35,973
Kenneth J Hayes 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $291,661 $75,075
Thomas Michael Canavan Jr. 2025 Boston Fire Department EAP Counselor Admin $291,068 $97,159
Michael S Moran 2025 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $290,309 $49,838
Dereck Dolly 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $289,077 $31,497
Alector F Tavares 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $288,596 $60,299
Gilbert Quinchia 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech $288,482 $32,987
Christopher Burke 2025 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $286,871 $740
Tyler Porter Thomas 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $286,862 $41,648