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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
Kerin A Cunningham 2017 Boston Fire Department Supv - Management Svcs $0 $15,588
Andrew L Doherty 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $7,825
Patrick Ryan Derick 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $12,938
Eric M Evans 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,486
Edward Leo Ferent 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,551
Frederick David Lorenz 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $59,998
Dennis Martin Kane 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $26,228
Derek M. Melendy 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,806
Gary S. Mottola 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $16,162
Richard M. Rizza 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $15,560
Stephen K. O'Connor 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $17,287
Thomas P Flaherty Jr. 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $14,247
Richard M. Proia 2017 Boston Fire Department FF(SOCEquip&LogMgr)-Technician $0 $2,056
David Kirrane 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $6,192
Michael Gerard Lynch 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,223
Ronald Joseph Holmes 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $20,184
Christine Eileen McKenna 2017 Boston Fire Department Sr Fire Alarm Operator $0 $22,961
James P. Cushing 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $27,737
Lori M. Donovan 2017 Boston Fire Department Sr Admin Asst (Fire) $0 $0
Dennis P. Devlin 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $25,209
Rory P Thornton 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $18,030
Mark Eugene Williams 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $16,846
Priscilla Ann Richardson 2017 Boston Fire Department Chief Telephone Operator $0 $0
George A Copello 2017 Boston Fire Department Dir-Transportation (BFD) $0 $34,665
Gerard Viola 2017 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $25,955