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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
Darrin J Decoste 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $163,789 $32,430
Joseph P Sullivan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $163,742 $29,293
Keith F. Fleming 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $163,532 $30,951
Rodney G Raye 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $163,474 $29,621
MIchael David Astrofsky 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $163,423 $39,387
Charles H Paige II 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $163,359 $33,452
Patrick Brito Coleta 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $163,296 $39,749
John Philip Dever 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $163,161 $32,509
Jesse Frederick O'Connor 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $163,079 $31,638
Jean G. Joseph 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $163,075 $33,490
Shawn M. McGrath 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $163,043 $27,465
Brian Joseph McDermott 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $162,983 $27,180
Ryan Jon Wilson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $162,943 $12,919
Andrew Edward Ahern 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $162,916 $51,493
Christopher M. McCarron 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $162,877 $30,496
May Hue Ho 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $162,794 $53,640
Elliot Zvi Chefitz 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $162,747 $25,460
Brian Lee Espinoza 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $162,719 $38,124
Roberto Ortiz 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $162,680 $30,955
Brendan Daly McCarthy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $162,511 $19,640
Robert W McMaster 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $162,467 $34,514
Neil E. Brunswick 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $162,456 $11,803
Matthew John Christoforo 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $162,422 $30,940
Keith Rowe 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $162,359 $3,677
Stuart James Borgen 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $162,340 $34,413