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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 Joseph Kavanagh 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,530 $13,685
Justin Michael Bissonnette 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,418 $11,885
David Anthony Dawson 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,383 $11,180
Robert Brian Kelly 2022 Boston Fire Department Chief Technology Officer $142,342 $0
Douglas K Miller 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,329 $15,088
James Alexander Miller 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,294 $11,992
Daniel Joseph Murphy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,255 $13,226
Patrick Ryan McCarron 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,241 $15,054
Nicholas Dennis Costa 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $142,150 $10,637
Joel Christopher McCarthy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,135 $18,880
Karla Isela Spinale 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $142,010 $41,416
Michael L Young 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,984 $0
Richard E. Berger Jr. 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,899 $12,185
Delight Dasha MacKinnon 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,879 $14,497
Matthew Daniel Rattigan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,795 $29,938
William F Condon 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,739 $13,332
Roberto Sepulveda 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,707 $13,487
Brian M. Mullen 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $141,652 $9,746
Peter Karlsson Smedberg 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,387 $17,328
Reginald Desir 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,357 $19,929
Michael P. McGonagle 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,316 $11,000
Arthur W Brown 2022 Boston Fire Department Mask Repair Specialist $141,225 $7,011
Matthew Robert Nelson 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $141,060 $14,659
Gary William Russell 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $141,008 $10,919
Joseph W Spinale 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $140,977 $12,435