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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
Michael Joseph Connelly 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $94,890 $11,909
Reagan Li 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $93,763 $24,214
William Wong 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst (Fire) $93,486 $7,027
Kevin Bailey 2022 Boston Fire Department FF (InctComndSp) DFC-ADR $93,451 $0
Jason M Whelan 2022 Boston Fire Department Maint Mech Frprs (Plumber)## $93,009 $15,736
Mary M O'Toole 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst $92,969 $0
Matthew Carl Zager 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $92,890 $7,810
Karen L. Rankin 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst $92,775 $3,411
Andrew Locke Wallace 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $92,685 $0
Sean Michael Boyle 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $92,577 $6,642
Kerry A Nee 2022 Boston Fire Department Management Analyst $92,487 $3,419
Michelle Lee Dunn-McCourt 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst (Fire) $92,404 $389
Andy Nguyen 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $91,826 $12,838
Shella E Vetiac 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst $91,816 $1,092
Maleek Tiondre Newsome 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $91,760 $14,948
Brendan Michael Gill 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $91,734 $19,722
Jeremy Fabian Torres 2022 Boston Fire Department Hvy Mtr Equip Repairperson BFD $91,563 $21,097
Paul Robert Osis 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $91,457 $14,926
James Peter Bratsis 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $91,200 $7,943
Irene E Burke 2022 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst $91,195 $0
Keenan Silva 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $90,726 $11,518
Paul A. Dolan 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-ADR $90,567 $0
Christopher A Serra 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $90,387 $2,095
James Michael Cunningham 2022 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $90,194 $1,790
Henry Baston 2022 Boston Fire Department FF (Constituent Liaison Off) $90,044 $0