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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
John Jeremiah Ahern 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $153,028 $22,800
John MacKinnon 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $153,018 $16,527
Sean D Lucht 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $153,005 $21,813
Bryan E. O'Connor 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $153,002 $23,205
Rodney E Gillum 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $152,975 $1,735
Joseph Patrick Hurley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,953 $22,864
Ryan Michael Bickerton 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,946 $25,704
Michael P Collins 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,939 $15,971
Patrick C Hayden 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $152,871 $18,459
Roosevelt Robinson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,697 $22,687
Andrew C Lane 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,687 $21,459
Gregory Dajuan Williams 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,621 $22,074
Raymond Chan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,593 $18,758
Michael F Devine 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,577 $20,420
Brian J Murray 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,512 $22,403
Bryan Francis Higgins 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,490 $16,015
John R Soares 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $152,472 $0
Daniel Edward Keeler 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,394 $25,116
Stephen Domenic Todesco 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,313 $17,677
Daniel Laughlin Farina 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,202 $24,496
Susan Kelley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $152,196 $24,099
Jeremiah Francis Foley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $152,188 $26,179
Nolan Matthew Nee 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,152 $40,092
Grant Leo Emde 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $152,100 $25,033
Keith Robert Murphy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $151,989 $22,621