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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
Thomas E. McDonough 2022 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $167,914 $32,907
Frank Johannes Lang 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $167,737 $37,418
Nicholas Martin Querzoli 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $167,410 $43,408
Brian James Heaton 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $167,343 $36,450
Matthew B Gleason 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $167,326 $33,983
Matthew Christopher Collins 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $167,227 $29,512
Thomas J Timmins 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $167,223 $27,100
Christopher John Abban 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $167,082 $27,244
Charles H Paige II 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $167,071 $38,815
Jibril Onaje Antar 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $167,047 $39,091
Steven W Perry 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $167,011 $38,047
Conor M Byrne 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $167,007 $18,700
Elson Filipe Monteiro 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,946 $31,383
Edward Aloysius McCarthy III 2022 Boston Fire Department Radio Repairperson (Bfd) $166,834 $25,990
Bryan Francis Higgins 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $166,831 $21,274
James Stephen Philpott 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,790 $35,903
Daniel Martin Sullivan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,737 $19,552
Ryan Michael Farnham 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $166,716 $16,415
Brian S Lynch 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,645 $32,687
Thomas B Brittan 2022 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $166,583 $37,018
Ronald H Keith 2022 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $166,555 $0
Daniel J. Burns 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,541 $23,584
Mark C. Flaherty 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $166,358 $35,803
John L Cetrino 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $166,323 $12,612
Larry Joseph 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $166,248 $35,883