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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
Michael McManus 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
John Merlino 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $5,367
Christopher Anthony Cawley 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,323
Mac Francis Luciani 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $7,577
Justin Manuel Castellanos 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,067
James Patrick Cashins 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,976
Michelle Johnson 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,942
Joseph G Ciampa 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,140
Barry J Bourassa 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,751
Philip Jeremiah Holda 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $4,614
Edward J Haley 2018 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $0 $3,406
Barbara Wuschke 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $0 $11,419
Matthew Mullen Crane 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,686
Peyton William McKechnie 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,266
Ronald L. Cook 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,569
William W Cosby 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,360
Peter John Starkey 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,477
Eric James Lamb 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,471
Edward T O'Donnell 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,357
Robert Jeremiah Gainey 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,539
Christopher Patrick Willett 2018 Boston Fire Department Dir-Transportation (BFD) $0 $11,538
James F Shone 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,457
Brian M. Mullen 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $5,699
Daniel H. Foley 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,702
Larry S McLaughlin 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0