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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
Christopher Joseph Cunningham 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $19,931
Nelson Santiago 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Joseph Johnson 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $22,628
Telly M Cordova 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $16,115
Paul Francis Ledbetter 2020 Boston Fire Department Wkg Frpr Linepr & Cablesplicer $0 $6,359
Keeghan H. O'Brien 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $22,797
Joseph N. Harris 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $22,547
Shayne Michael Houlihan 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $20,155
Philip Jeremiah Holda 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $19,820
Ryan McCall Sullivan 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $23,809
Nathalie F Barege 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $22,791
Samuel John Dillon 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $38,304
Christopher Allen Briggs 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,231
Charles H Paige II 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $0 $41,239
Steven Caulfield 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,770
David J Montoya 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $16,702
Kelley A Minehan 2020 Boston Fire Department Sr Fire Alarm Operator $0 $19,620
Christopher M Fairbanks 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $21,090
James J Coveney 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,961
Raymond C Johnson 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Anthony J Vargas 2020 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCBestTeam)-AdvTechnician $0 $27,976
Michael E. Guilfoyle 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $20,020
Stephen J. Flynn 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant (Scuba Diver) $0 $15,930
James A. Whitted 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $31,497
James Robert Patterson 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $34,147