City of Boston public payroll explorer

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
Jose A. Pina 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $210,343 $62,131
Barry F. Stafford 2021 Boston Fire Department Prin Fire Alarm Operator $210,187 $39,625
Shane G. O'Connor 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $209,675 $20,846
Victor T Moreira 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $209,346 $47,295
Sean E Coppney 2021 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $209,301 $19,318
Patrick W. Hussey 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSp)DFC-AdvTe $209,135 $42,218
John J. Sciara 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $209,036 $56,569
Lino Carlo Viola 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $209,024 $76,243
Patrick S Hayes 2021 Boston Fire Department EAP Coordinator $208,499 $38,435
James Cooley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $208,426 $29,167
Rory P Thornton 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $208,423 $66,317
Michael O Jackson 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Training Instruc) $208,274 $7,145
Christopher J. Flaherty 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $208,230 $54,071
Ryan Barrett-Moeller 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $208,166 $34,066
Lendail McDowall 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $208,110 $45,108
Brian James Heaton 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $207,859 $59,107
Thomas F Stanton 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Mas Of F Boat) $207,707 $52,378
David L Garrett 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $207,664 $42,762
Jeffrey Michael Lavey 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $207,602 $47,540
Barry R Corbett 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $207,593 $28,504
Thomas D Farrell 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $207,563 $23,511
Quentin D Lee 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-AdvanceTechnician $207,490 $32,374
James P McAdams 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $207,097 $29,084
Dru Akins 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD Special Hazards Insp) $207,065 $27,271
Gregory W Curry 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $206,913 $45,245