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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
Robert Francis Pugsley III 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,506 $20,730
Michael W Westwater 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $143,492 $20,354
Margaret Sybil Porter Connolly 2021 Boston Fire Department Female FF LiaisonInstructorOff $143,484 $23,837
Michael S McDonagh 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,380 $14,943
Todd Joyce 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $143,325 $14,390
Philip Robert Byrne 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Procurement Offcr) $143,243 $918
Michael P. McGonagle 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $143,218 $13,262
Edward C. Doherty 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,215 $0
Joseph Gerard Garland 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,189 $33,448
Nathalie F Barege 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,177 $15,166
Joseph P Jablonski 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,160 $12,917
Robert Jeremiah Vraibel 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,119 $16,479
Todd Levi Bailes 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,058 $14,410
Marcus Lamar Morris 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,038 $13,746
Sean Patrick Murphy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $143,037 $38,177
Kevin Thomas Joyce 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,999 $10,220
Beverly J. Freeman 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $142,961 $13,834
Christopher Anthony Cawley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,894 $15,843
John Francis Toomey 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,779 $13,372
Daniel Edward Perry 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,670 $26,048
Stephen Mark V 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $142,609 $2,711
Sean Mulry Sullivan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,543 $15,027
Brian Gardner Baxter 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,514 $15,094
John C Dubeau 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $142,458 $10,930
Darrell Curtis Gross 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $142,444 $16,647