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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
Oscar O. Francisco 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $14,408
Robert S Cardillo 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $16,102
Brian J Nee 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $20,120
Matthew Richard Kenneally 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $23,733
Michael Joseph Kelly 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $19,319
Michael S Moran 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $22,224
James E. Cahill 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,385
Robert Paul Driscoll 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $0 $6,708
Edward P Stokinger 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech $0 $20,202
Lawrence H Buechs 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $18,651
Thomas John Higgins 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $22,607
Justin Frank Dornhoffer 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $26,454
Joseph M Dowd 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $22,139
Stephen T Brady 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $18,914
Iris S. Hairston 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $0 $41,137
David J Cushing 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $1,974
John P. Sarro 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $21,599
Matthew Talbot 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,271
James E Sullivan 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $17,737
Cole R Jenness 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,067
Nicholas Daniel Massarelli 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $10,720
John Thomas Cooney 2018 Boston Fire Department FireFighter(ScubaDiver)-Tech $0 $34,636
Dana Michael Robinson 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $13,244
Christine M Cole 2018 Boston Fire Department Prin Admin Asst $0 $46,570
Michael James Mitchell 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $17,668