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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
Kevin Shaughnessy 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $13,891
Brian A Roberts 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $14,382
William J O'Brien 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $10,261
Richard William Raymond III 2018 Boston Fire Department Gen Main Mech Frprs(Cfm)## $0 $56,616
James P. Reidy 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $17,081
Anthony J Perella 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $15,896
John J Dolan 2018 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $0 $2,620
Paul James Harvey 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $15,494
Edward Aloysius McCarthy III 2018 Boston Fire Department Prin Admin Asst $0 $33,575
Dennis P Hickey 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,998
Matthew Thomas Arseneault 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $17,076
Timothy N Quigley 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $0 $5,313
Wayne W Roberts 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $15,275
James Raymond Hughes 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $11,374
Richard W Densmore 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $14,349
Sean D Lucht 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,359
Matthew Paul Murphy 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $16,211
Joseph W Spinale 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $14,894
Keith Michael Wilson 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,826
Roy A Mills 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $14,125
Emilio Oliver Cabey II 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $12,436
Joseph P Sullivan 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $11,130
John S Varner 2018 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $0 $10,162
Paul Francis Lombard 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $15,812
Larry S McLaughlin 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0