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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
Ryan McCall Sullivan 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $21,014
Michael W Westwater 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,872
Michael D. O'Reilly 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
John Patrick McManus 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $27,225
Arthur Maurice Strickland 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $0
Richard F. Felton 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $0
Joseph Viola 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $7,568
Brian Lee Espinoza 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $19,867
James W Caruso 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,243
Reynaldo Estremera 2019 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $0 $3,303
Michael Anthony Aylward 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,480
Matthew Thomas Hogan 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $13,689
Anthony Thompson 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Rodney E Gillum 2019 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $0 $2,133
Gregory P Conlan 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $33
Fernando Gaitan 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,768
Brian Joseph McLean 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $22,180
Thomas Flynn 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $0 $7,280
Mark T Jones 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,971
Nelson Santiago 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Robert F Buckley 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $5,350
John E. Pagnani 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $7,646
Thomas Phillip McGrory 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $20,041
Adam George Brown 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,530
Christine Marie LaPorte-Dowling 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $0 $0