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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
Jamie J Walsh 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $7,226
Quentin D Lee 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-AdvanceTechnician $0 $24,849
Alex Alvarez De Sotomayor 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $30,516
Christopher J Goggin 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $44,865
Michael J Davis 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $13,555
Sean M. O'Brien 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $47,423
Kevin F Meehan 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $23,667
Sheldon Terrell Mercer 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $23,331
Nicholas Allen Santangelo 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $32,677
Sean F Kelly 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $24,565
Michael Francis Tierney 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $15,439
Sean E Coppney 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $27,181
Daniel R Dowling 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $17,876
John G. Sylvester 2020 Boston Fire Department FF (Mas Of F Boat) $0 $41,704
Shawn Matthew Hakins 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $29,639
Scott R. Boyle 2020 Boston Fire Department FireLieutenant(ScubaDivTech $0 $43,570
Barry F. Stafford 2020 Boston Fire Department Prin Fire Alarm Operator $0 $31,918
Charles F Pero 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $36,086
Gabriel J. Clark 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $37,415
Eric Stephen Vinitsky 2020 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $0 $1,580
John L Cetrino 2020 Boston Fire Department FF (Inct Comnd Sp) DEP $0 $65,088
Lendail McDowall 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $42,697
James Francis Fitzgerald 2020 Boston Fire Department EAP Counselor $0 $58,216
Patrick J Woods 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $20,985
Rayshawn Johnson 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $19,963