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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
Stephen P Simpson 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $28,417
Derek M. Melendy 2020 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $0 $18,578
Timothy E. Cahill 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $29,037
Kevin William Johnson 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $32,979
Ryan Michael Farnham 2020 Boston Fire Department FF (Inct Comnd Sp) DEP $0 $26,963
James K Cheatham 2020 Boston Fire Department FF (Inct Comnd Sp) DEP $0 $32,674
Wesley Leo Alleyne 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $27,669
Brendan Anthony Lovett 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $11,358
Jonathan Adam Wood 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $33,208
Eric P. Des Roches 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $22,788
Sean E Wilson 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $28,702
Aleksei Constantine Nicklas 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $23,329
Edward W Neff 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $23,192
James Prince 2020 Boston Fire Department IncidentCommandTechtoFireComm $0 $24,989
David Thomas McSweeney 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $26,953
Matthew Paul Murphy 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $26,219
Matthew P Marian 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $23,455
Michael Brendan Flemming 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $25,772
Thomas E. McDonough 2020 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $0 $6,523
Terriean D Lakes 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $20,319
Nathalie Fontanez 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $0
Joseph A Ford Jr. 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $24,727
John P. Sarro 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $0
Marcus Anderson 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-ADR $0 $0
Dawn Renee Robinson 2020 Boston Fire Department Prin Clerk $0 $0