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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 N Merchant 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $10,418
Brian P Mullen 2017 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $13,825
Timothy N Quigley 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $3,325
Michael P Thornton 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,326
Michael W Lee 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $8,258
John T Miles 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,295
Anthony P Fucile 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $15,052
Brian A Roberts 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $11,607
Guy J Cammarata 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $17,106
Michael J Davis 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,712
Joseph L Foley 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,736
Larry S McLaughlin 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,642
Robert F Buckley 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,642
Thomas John Higgins 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $12,199
Gregory Robert LaVallee 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,915
Richard Michael MacDonald 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,429
Joseph A Ford Jr. 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $11,630
Christopher M Fairbanks 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,303
Joseph A Kelleher 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,731
Joseph W Spinale 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,713
Thomas C Hughes 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $19,513
Walter Leo Murphy 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $14,324
Joseph M Dowd 2017 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSp)DFC-AdvTe $0 $13,684
Michael P Collins 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $4,492
Gerard Viola 2017 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $25,955