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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
Jason Matthew McKenna 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $101,653 $9,922
Patrick John Rowan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $101,227 $14,542
Andy Tran 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $101,146 $15,158
Patrick M Lee 2022 Boston Fire Department Building Systems Engineer $100,854 $251
Matthew Kellen Gaffey 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $100,514 $13,916
Colin Daniel McCarthy 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $100,136 $14,148
Kelsey Margaret Feyler 2022 Boston Fire Department Lead Evaluate/Prjct Mgr (BFD) $100,043 $0
Rodney Frantz Laguerre 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $99,622 $12,910
Luz D Rivera 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst $99,494 $6,854
Daniel P Lally 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $99,349 $14,285
Patrick James Miller 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $99,320 $8,232
Matthew Christopher Little 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $99,069 $10,904
Daniel Paul Shilalie 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $98,731 $10,013
Joseph John Starkey 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $98,614 $10,750
Richard J Johnson 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $98,313 $20,338
Thomas Francis Messer 2022 Boston Fire Department FireLieutenant(ScubaDivTech $98,075 $2,003
Kyle Joseph Pina 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $98,047 $15,954
Jason C Chung 2022 Boston Fire Department FirePreventionPermitTechnician $97,943 $8,182
John T. Morrissey 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $97,850 $0
Matthew Douglas Rader 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $97,776 $5,068
John Joseph McGowan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $97,370 $11,062
Janice M Boyle 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst (Fire) $97,257 $0
Christina Marie Cronin 2022 Boston Fire Department Prin Admin Asst $96,948 $0
John F Fitzpatrick 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $96,663 $0
Kathleen Kalil 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst $95,893 $8,370