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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
Kevin Shaughnessy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,982 $25,465
Brian E James 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,934 $21,213
George A Paige 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,853 $17,412
Michael Joseph Materia 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $148,792 $18,497
Jay L Hairston 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,693 $21,615
Nicholas Vincent Rizzo 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,662 $37,791
Dennis Charles Alessandro 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,618 $24,744
Robert Francis Pugsley III 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,610 $25,706
Daniel Christopher Castro 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,566 $21,488
Marc Steven Bunszell 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,507 $19,100
Nicholas J. Driscoll 2022 Boston Fire Department FF Master of the Fire Boat-ADR $148,434 $0
Shawn E. Farrar 2022 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $148,425 $13,236
Thomas Phillip McGrory 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $148,295 $17,105
Janine Margaret Smith 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $148,294 $15,353
Nicholas David Andrasy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,286 $25,663
Joseph M Santos III 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,042 $16,383
Michael Blaney 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,967 $21,849
Kevin G. McCarthy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,831 $7,759
Elizabeth Mary Baker 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Fire Alarm Operator $147,813 $2,957
William Warren Hayhurst III 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $147,746 $19,820
Christopher Mark Gilmore 2022 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD Night Division Inspec) $147,743 $2,233
Cory Edward King 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,647 $18,237
Leroy Heyward 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,580 $11,098
Eddy E. Holmes 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,534 $17,531
Gregory E. Hanley 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,380 $19,208