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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
Matthew Thomas Glora 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $103,766 $15,022
Hansel A. Sumner 2021 Boston Fire Department Gen Main Mech Frprs(Cfm)## $103,314 $2,049
Gerald Garris 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $103,139 $0
William Edward Hanlon 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $102,846 $14,031
Francine A Lynch 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $102,686 $5,781
Rosalyn A. Coppin-Donovan 2021 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst (Fire) $102,666 $9,131
Justin Michael Lee 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $102,164 $14,307
Keith Peter Kaplan Jr. 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $101,617 $6,192
Robert F Buckley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $101,395 $7,965
Christopher James Ruggiero 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $100,759 $12,015
John Paul McHugh 2021 Boston Fire Department Lineperson $99,605 $1,791
Josh W Capra 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $99,451 $11,589
Sean Joseph Barry-Murphy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $99,302 $11,007
Patrick Coleman Cooke 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $97,931 $10,074
Les E Murrell 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $97,769 $0
Robert Powers Larose 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $97,239 $8,945
William Thomas Kelley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $97,142 $8,398
Stephen M Avellino 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $96,510 $0
Vito Mario Pendola 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $96,334 $8,073
John Joseph Barrett 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $95,357 $7,495
Charles Paul Rouse 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $95,214 $12,066
Christina Marie Cronin 2021 Boston Fire Department Prin Admin Asst $95,110 $0
Valerie Watson 2021 Boston Fire Department Sr Fire Alarm Operator $94,381 $0
Kathleen Kalil 2021 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst $93,166 $8,924
Colin Daniel McCarthy 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $92,785 $5,130