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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
Ryan J. McGovern 2017 Boston Fire Department FCaptAdminScubaDivAdvTech $0 $9,423
Michael S. Johnson 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $10,794
Philip Robert Byrne 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,906
Brian T Coppney 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $6,411
William J O'Brien 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $9,638
Eric D Ryan 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $8,645
Sean M Hughes 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,696
Mark A. Williams 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $6,455
Barry R Corbett 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $13,331
Mark Michael Folan 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $7,859
Phillip C. Skrabut 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,250
Brian Robert Hartigan 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $16,961
Justin Frank Dornhoffer 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $20,437
Enrique A. Mejia 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $21,151
Patrick C Hayden 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $13,212
Eamon Michael Kavanagh 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,125
Robert Thomas Anderson 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $18,735
Todd Christopher Leonard 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $39,818
Christopher D Wright 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $11,069
Eric C Evans 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $11,395
Daniel T Lynch 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $10,959
Carl Brent Thompson 2017 Boston Fire Department Chaplain (Fire Dept) $0 $0
John Joseph McKenna Jr. 2017 Boston Fire Department Sr Fire Alarm Operator $0 $28,675
Robert Edward Grandfield 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $6,896
Gerard Viola 2017 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $25,955