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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
Allan M Young 2017 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $0 $6,210
Patrick W. Hussey 2017 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSp)DFC-AdvTe $0 $10,417
Timothy M Bradshaw 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $13,118
Joseph F Mahoney 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,323
John R Soares 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $9,033
Daniel D Gomes 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $0 $16,717
Robert P. Petitti 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $2,566
Robert S Craven 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Steven W Perry 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $7,248
Shawn E. Farrar 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $9,369
John A Mellace 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,386
John C Dubeau 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,126
Wayne E. Abron 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,643
Stephen C Turley 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $12,200
James K Elow 2017 Boston Fire Department FIU Armorer $0 $31,277
Darrick L Edwards 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $14,190
Ira Allen Korff 2017 Boston Fire Department Chaplain (Fire Dept) $0 $0
Joseph G McMahon 2017 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $0 $30,713
James M Gosse 2017 Boston Fire Department Radio Operator (Bfd) $0 $121
James D Bruynell 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Admin-ADR $0 $0
Daniel C. Smith 2017 Boston Fire Department EAP Counselor $0 $32,192
Bartholomew J Shea 2017 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $0 $35,706
Joseph Michael Fleming 2017 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $0 $37,335
Sean F Kelly 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $12,128
Edward J. Paris 2017 Boston Fire Department F Lt Adm Liaison to the Ret Bd $0 $6,349