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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
Andrew Edward Ahern 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $181,781 $36,164
Joseph Johnson 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $181,592 $37,917
Richard L Garcia 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $181,575 $37,671
Brian E James 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $181,554 $40,877
Richard G. Baldowski 2025 Boston Fire Department Electrical Equip Repairprs## $181,466 $36,193
Joseph W Spinale 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $181,420 $34,904
Patrick J Twomey 2025 Boston Fire Department Assoc Inspec Engineer (Fire) $181,414 $45,216
Garrett Michael Breton 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $181,379 $38,208
James Michael Walsh 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $181,352 $18,764
Charles F. Follett 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $181,101 $36,057
Michael McCarthy 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $181,084 $35,562
David Michael Mahoney 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $181,071 $52,408
Sharon M Galloway 2025 Boston Fire Department Asst Public Inf Offcr Admin $180,968 $18,838
Robert L. Dowling 2025 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $180,962 $13,338
Thomas Joseph Dever 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,955 $38,983
Michael F Devine 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,931 $39,078
Matthew Dean Veerman 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,926 $34,480
Christopher P Fay 2025 Boston Fire Department FF Investigator Admin $180,911 $21,600
Paul D Gillis 2025 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $180,813 $38,024
Christopher A Smith 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,802 $40,478
Patrick Joseph Gorman 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,785 $25,321
Andrew C Lane 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,730 $44,351
Daniel Christopher Castro 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,711 $30,311
Brian Jose Ponce 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,622 $37,441
Matthew Thomas Hogan 2025 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $180,615 $43,398