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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
John Michael Gallagher 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $906
Robert J. Calobrisi 2020 Boston Fire Department DepFireChiefAdmn-AdvTechnician $0 $21,643
Paul F Burke 2020 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $0 $17,494
James P Greene 2020 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $0 $31,488
Gerald E Hogan 2020 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $30,807
Brian P Tully 2020 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $0 $24,531
Michael McLean 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $0 $0
Scott J Malone 2020 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $0 $36,579
Steven E Shaffer 2020 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $0 $33,722
Eric L Brown 2020 Boston Fire Department FF (Mas Of F Boat) $0 $43,235
John Francis Walsh 2020 Boston Fire Department Chief of Support Services $0 $0
Paul P Keeley 2020 Boston Fire Department Distric F Chief Liaison/Ret Bd $0 $0
Horacio D. Brienza 2020 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $43,971
Gerald Joseph Powers Jr. 2020 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $31,571
Bernard J. Tully 2020 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $0 $17,899
Rodney O. Marshall 2020 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $24,817
Frederick David Lorenz 2020 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $47,134
Gerard Viola 2020 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $0 $15,402
David John Walsh 2020 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $0 $14,548
John Stapleton 2020 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $0 $23,041
Michael J Ruggere 2020 Boston Fire Department DepFireChiefAdmn-AdvTechnician $0 $0
Patrick Lynch 2020 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $40,543
Ronald A Harrington 2020 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $36,306
Brian P Heelen 2020 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $30,367
Jonathan Rodriguez 2020 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $50,634