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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
Edward Robert Donovan 2021 Boston Fire Department Frpr-Lineperson&Cable Splicers $199,224 $40,200
Mark Louis Indrisano 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $199,004 $50,755
Michael F. Gavin 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $198,892 $42,952
James S Halsey 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $198,741 $38,443
Robert C Cox 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD Night Division Inspec) $198,727 $8,600
John L Cetrino 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $198,533 $61,217
Charles F Pero 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $198,135 $41,455
James J Martinez 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD InspLev2Certification) $198,074 $41,835
James Steven White 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $197,916 $21,742
Michael Patrick Moynihan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $197,887 $33,567
Steven J Fairneny 2021 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $197,860 $8,295
Scott R. Boyle 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant (Scuba Diver) $197,859 $42,523
Michael Joseph Kelly 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $197,656 $42,186
Christian Michael Waterman 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $197,596 $72,131
Halsey Junior Bernard 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $197,569 $67,962
Robert E. Hayes 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $197,487 $29,632
Kevin Brandon Halsey 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $197,472 $46,159
Erik J Mattson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-AdvanceTechnician $197,389 $16,995
Randall E Bither 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $197,363 $61,162
Sean Patrick McGonagle 2021 Boston Fire Department Frpr-Lineperson&Cable Splicers $197,171 $29,399
Cornell Horton 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $197,141 $59,770
James J Kenney 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $197,082 $64,889
Allan M Young 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD Special Hazards Insp) $197,080 $29,521
Timothy Shields 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $197,052 $63,379
Richard Michael MacDonald 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $196,965 $20,337