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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
Patrick Daniel Walsh 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,246 $14,102
Willie K Harris 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $136,071 $0
Daniel H. Foley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,027 $8,519
Daniel Christopher Castro 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $136,001 $9,658
Augusto Martinez Lara 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $135,979 $21,509
Andrew Joseph Donovan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $135,974 $30,664
James K Cheatham 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Inct Comnd Sp) DEP $135,935 $12,047
Joseph Robert Trahon 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $135,917 $39,891
Aaron R Becker 2021 Boston Fire Department Assoc Inspec Engineer (Fire) $135,667 $17,252
William G. Carey 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $135,642 $9,296
Christopher John O'Connor 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $135,570 $8,208
David Hayes 2021 Boston Fire Department FF Place of Assembly Insp-ADR $135,561 $1,323
Joshua Bernard Lampert Egan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $135,533 $7,958
Brian Randall Johnson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $135,511 $28,171
Patrick Ryan Mahoney 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $135,331 $8,377
Karla Isela Spinale 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $135,255 $41,468
Brian Joseph Kirk 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $135,172 $7,897
George A Paige 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $135,172 $1,872
Alexander E Wright 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $135,163 $0
Michael W Palladino 2021 Boston Fire Department Sr Fire Alarm Operator $135,111 $16,070
Robert Brian Kelly 2021 Boston Fire Department Chief Technology Officer $135,056 $0
Michael Stephen Foley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $134,967 $5,349
Matthew M Brady 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Constituent Liaison Off) $134,958 $5,176
Alville T Atherley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $134,859 $4,783
Ryan Timothy McLaughlin 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $134,755 $29,446