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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
Ronald A Harrington 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $0 $15,669
Thomas D Farrell 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $55,144
Brian P Tully 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Adv Tech $0 $28,255
Steven E Shaffer 2018 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $0 $13,463
Gerald E Hogan 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $26,130
Paul G. Carey 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $34,140
Christopher Corwin 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $16,596
Neal A Mullane Jr. 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $20,345
Theron S. Houlder 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $16,387
James Cooley 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $18,138
Martin P McCormack 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $0 $12,975
Rodney O. Marshall 2018 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $25,760
Paul J Lyons Jr. 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $0 $54,813
John Stapleton 2018 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $27,687
Kevin P Brooks 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $25,966
Stephen F. Daly 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $0
Horacio D. Brienza 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $27,747
Darrell J Higginbottom 2018 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $24,193
James P Greene 2018 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $25,641
Stephen F Keeley 2018 Boston Fire Department Supn (Bfd/Fad) $0 $11,516
Douglas W Smith 2018 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $24,240
Gerard Viola 2018 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $27,263
Robert C Cox 2018 Boston Fire Department FF (FPD Night Division Inspec) $0 $8,239
Michael P. Dillon 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $22,484
Scott D Wahlen 2018 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $25,813