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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
Joseph A Quinn 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $169,744 $17,637
Paul Francis Souza 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $169,705 $16,964
Richard M. Rizza 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $169,594 $38,774
James Joseph Toland 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $169,419 $16,710
Matthew John McNulty 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $169,332 $40,100
David M Kelley 2022 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $169,317 $36,898
Brian James McCarthy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $169,303 $37,507
Michael Elia Manolakis 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $169,296 $38,843
Norris M Spence 2022 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $169,185 $28,720
Patrick Vincent Phinney 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $168,962 $29,972
Scott Francis MacLean 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $168,877 $38,262
Russell Martin McDonald 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $168,844 $41,326
Patrick Moran 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $168,738 $14,427
Timothy P Foley 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $168,707 $16,822
Patrick M. McKenna 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $168,673 $19,388
Brian Richard Fredholm 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $168,624 $37,482
Wayne A Wilson 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $168,389 $32,466
Ronald David O'Brien II 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $168,370 $18,542
Charles F. Follett 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $168,345 $39,313
Edwin S Melecio 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $168,268 $25,430
Stephen Domenic Todesco 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $168,183 $17,713
Joshua Michael Waters 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $168,149 $41,195
Joseph Johnson 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $168,147 $36,863
Brendan Daly McCarthy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $168,109 $16,545
Eric D Ryan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $167,998 $33,642