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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
Eamon Michael O'Leary 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $232,825 $21,327
Michael S Mullen 2021 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $232,688 $31,282
Patrick D. Murphy 2021 Boston Fire Department District FireChiefAdmn-AdvTech $232,632 $9,454
Donald J Price 2021 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $232,465 $28,413
John F McDonald 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $232,091 $62,131
James A Corbett 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSp)DFC-AdvTe $231,641 $77,877
William McGuirk 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $231,407 $27,917
Justin Frank Dornhoffer 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $230,741 $95,444
Matthew Richard Kenneally 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $230,607 $34,938
John F Kelly 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $230,559 $38,736
Michael John Szwanke 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $230,340 $69,616
Juan Pablo De Jesus 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $229,910 $20,718
Douglas Philip Menard 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $229,246 $50,856
Christine Eileen McKenna 2021 Boston Fire Department Prin Fire Alarm Operator $229,081 $58,866
David R Blaides 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $229,035 $33,372
Santiago Lasa 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lt Admn-AdvanceTechnician $228,775 $45,714
George Arthur Cameron 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $228,194 $39,036
Edward D. Bergdoll 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $227,895 $49,378
Ronald Joseph Holmes 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $227,858 $94,279
Brian C Summering 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $227,571 $23,927
Jose A Estrella 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $226,866 $22,394
David C Harrison 2021 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $226,834 $25,342
Christopher Sloane 2021 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $226,622 $26,468
Brian P Mullen 2021 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $225,770 $28,602
Michael Lowe Blake 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $225,693 $50,488