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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
David C Harrison 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $25,663
Edward D. Bergdoll 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $0 $46,206
Patrick J Ellis 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $43,936
Thomas D Farrell 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $42,645
Michael F O'Connor Jr. 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $29,133
James J Hoar 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $24,327
Patrick D. Murphy 2019 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $22,835
Christopher Corwin 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,398
Jose A Estrella 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $20,543
Joseph D. Shea 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $24,859
Christopher Burke 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $27,320
Deanna Marie McDevitt 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $43,976
Paul J Lyons Jr. 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $0 $47,643
Dwaine E Daye 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $0 $49,790
Brian P Mullen 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $25,585
Michael S Mullen 2019 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Adv Tech $0 $29,360
Joseph M Provenzano 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $26,928
Kirk Stokes 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $49,990
Christian Harris 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $28,049
Derek L Fowler 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $27,800
Garry P. Pilato 2019 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $18,931
Steven J. Mitchell 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $44,313
Alector F Tavares 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $33,149
Paul S Fitzpatrick 2019 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $0 $53,525
James J Martinez 2019 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD InspLev2Certification) $0 $40,403