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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
John F LeBlanc 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $7,842
James Joseph Brooks 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,074
Thomas J Cherry 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $14,123
Sean Joseph Colby 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $12,259
James T Daly 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,876
Frederick James Hollien 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $15,808
John E Martin 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $13,068
Michael F O'Connor Jr. 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $14,555
James Thomas Nee 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $10,429
James M MacKinnon 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,369
Kevin Luddy 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,214
Kevin Thomas Joyce 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $13,748
Matthew C Vaitiskis 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $21,591
James Raymond Hughes 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $15,241
Andrew C Lee 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Michael James Connolly 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $13,415
Daniel B Donahoe 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $9,764
David D Sanchez 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $13,738
Thomas William Beard 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,951
Timothy Patrick Connolly 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $6,084
John D Teehan 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $15,830
Michael Paul Ferraro 2017 Boston Fire Department FF (Inct Comnd Sp) DEP $0 $15,815
Patrick J Woods 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $12,773
Mohan R Pilwah 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,490
Gerard Viola 2017 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $25,955