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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
Thomas J. Scanlan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $225,343 $767
Stephen F Keeley 2021 Boston Fire Department Supn (Bfd/Fad) $225,303 $9,220
Stephen W Keogh 2021 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $225,174 $11,671
Kirk Stokes 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $224,535 $31,906
Justin Timothy Yanosick 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $224,181 $52,144
Joseph Minehan 2021 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $223,903 $16,698
Daniel R Dowling 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $223,547 $20,055
Alston L. Allen 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCBestTeam)-AdvTechnician $223,087 $28,329
Michael J Davis 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $222,973 $26,274
Kevin F Meehan 2021 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $222,762 $23,695
Timothy Frederick Goddard 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $222,610 $75,593
Robert Thomas Anderson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $222,116 $88,119
Luis A Palermo 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $221,842 $49,294
Sean Michael Barrett 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $221,545 $43,446
Joseph A Boucher 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $221,508 $37,667
Bruce Errol Bates Jr. 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $221,342 $67,658
Gerard M Cahill 2021 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $221,324 $0
Adrian S Jordan 2021 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Adv Tech $221,202 $22,175
Joseph M Provenzano 2021 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $220,998 $24,652
Joseph Orrie Walsh 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $220,696 $46,117
Paul Falvey 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $220,649 $32,096
Justin William Dezotell 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $220,504 $29,482
Christopher R. Jerry 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $220,486 $17,838
John M. Caljouw 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $220,354 $19,544
Joseph G Bento 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD InspLev2Certification) $219,709 $72,812