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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
Ryan Joseph Roach 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $177,897 $25,421
Jay Robert Gormley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $177,881 $25,494
Brendan Anthony Lovett 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $177,646 $27,526
Clyde Ashton Forde 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $177,585 $31,218
Eric R Foreman 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCEquip&LogMgr)-Technician $177,472 $23,419
Ramon Alicea 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $177,468 $13,619
Richard L Garcia 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $177,405 $34,624
John E Martin 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $177,298 $41,547
John J. Dooley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $177,075 $11,476
William M Rogers 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $177,060 $41,366
Thomas William Beard 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $176,988 $27,160
Kevin Cotton 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (NFIRS Program Manager) $176,923 $6,923
John P Hardiman 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $176,905 $3,414
Matthew Sean Callahan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $176,888 $17,120
Wayne A Wilson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $176,880 $45,484
Joseph N. Harris 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $176,825 $45,224
Michael Joseph Aylward 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $176,823 $26,802
Thomas Francis Messer 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $176,796 $26,966
Colin James Mooney 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $176,789 $26,245
David J Montoya 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $176,784 $19,342
Joseph M Dowd 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $176,705 $17,676
Richard W Densmore 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $176,694 $20,786
Michael P Thornton 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $176,684 $22,517
Donald E Foley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $176,678 $17,350
Michael Adam Holt 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $176,661 $24,479