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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
Joseph J Finnigan 2021 Boston Fire Department Inside Wireperson $161,105 $7,037
Gerard T Sheehan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-ADR $161,028 $0
Spencer Arnold 2021 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $161,004 $16,778
Kevin William Johnson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,988 $33,385
Joseph A Ford Jr. 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $160,912 $29,389
Joseph Andrew Wosny 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,892 $33,938
Paul F Flaherty 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $160,838 $0
Francis Daniel Foley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $160,817 $15,907
Peter J McDonnell 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,774 $36,260
Stephen Flaherty Sloan II 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,724 $32,522
Brendan Robert Costa Ferreira 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,718 $30,147
Joseph L Foley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,638 $28,362
Sean Russell King 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,623 $25,447
Eric M Wirtz 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,607 $29,598
Richard F Fullam 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Juvenile F5 Program) $160,533 $8,457
Josiah McGillveary Patriquin 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,433 $31,469
Robert Charles Stone 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,433 $32,683
Mathew Martin Troy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $160,428 $51,864
Daniel B Donahoe 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $160,347 $28,913
Troy T Osgood 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,314 $32,211
Casley K Bailey 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,232 $34,807
Thomas Patrick Flynn Jr. 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,231 $21,872
Jarred Michael Sprague 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,158 $38,211
Patrick Vincent Phinney 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,148 $25,561
David Thomas McSweeney 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $160,113 $31,995