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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
Marc Ryan Hayhurst 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $176,573 $24,277
Frank J. Fortes 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $176,565 $14,274
Keith Michael Wilson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $176,501 $20,648
John J. Finn 2021 Boston Fire Department Gen Frprs-Fire Alarm Construct $176,492 $0
Kenneth M Moore 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $176,316 $36,745
Ballin L Wright 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (NFIRS Program Manager) $176,286 $9,167
Michael A Gallagher 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $175,827 $41,889
Patrick Harrison Connolly 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $175,820 $42,502
Michael T. O'Sullivan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $175,818 $45,179
Larry R Rich 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $175,634 $18,580
Adam S Grabert 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $175,560 $44,384
Brian S Lynch 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $175,460 $47,230
Gerry Liam Grealish 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $175,453 $36,666
Joseph A Quinn 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $175,384 $22,014
Christopher J. Cummings 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCBestTeam)-AdvTechnician $175,312 $28,955
Matthew Steven DiFrancesco 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $175,275 $17,441
William M Regan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $175,165 $22,014
Christopher Duchaney 2021 Boston Fire Department Inside Wireperson $174,987 $29,102
Brian Hardiman Jr. 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $174,968 $34,936
Justiniano Plaza 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $174,841 $42,114
Nicholas Martin Querzoli 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $174,791 $49,475
Anthony Hinds 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $174,766 $47,430
Brian James McCarthy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $174,659 $36,090
Mark Anthony Dunnigan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $174,649 $9,075
Edward M Kelly 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $174,579 $0