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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
Adam John Cahill 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,679 $8,054
Joshua Herve Gaston 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $148,594 $35,116
Colin Thomas Donovan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,587 $20,881
Brian Thomas Curran 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,552 $20,989
Nicholas Dennis Costa 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $148,509 $18,023
Gregory E. Hanley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,479 $20,166
Dwaine E Daye 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $148,416 $12,989
Timothy Ryan Shepard 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,302 $24,108
Patrick Charles Dasey 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,278 $19,122
Eddy E. Holmes 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,193 $19,212
Brian P Davis 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $148,096 $16,753
Robert J Hawe 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $147,998 $0
Matthew James Kaiser 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $147,980 $22,526
Richard E. Berger Jr. 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,949 $17,404
Russell Thomas Watt 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,944 $19,734
Jeremy Michael Nelson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,918 $20,722
Gregory Leo Stack 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $147,902 $16,898
Patrick Martin Turley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,788 $40,027
William Warren Hayhurst III 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $147,774 $19,963
Leon R Beasley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,769 $20,439
Matthew Shane Kelley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,689 $17,340
Nathaniel Askia 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,632 $15,056
Steven Kitenge Kimwanga 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $147,518 $30,964
Janice Marie Parsons 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (LEPC Title3 Insp) $147,518 $7,652
David Curtis 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $147,415 $17,395