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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
Steven G Kinney 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $10,711
Michael P Boyle 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $33,529
David M Dowd 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $11,094
Jennifer M Ryan 2017 Boston Fire Department Case Manager (Fire Dept.) $0 $1,205
Matthew Talbot 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $21,748
Michael J Flaherty 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
James E. Welsh 2017 Boston Fire Department Capt(Asst)totheFireCommissner $0 $1,623
Steven Patrick McGillis 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $789
Richard F. Steiner 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant Administration $0 $19,016
John J McManus 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $18,649
Michael McManus 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $1,221
Michael O. Celona 2017 Boston Fire Department Exec Asst Commissioner $0 $5,882
Paul F Vinard 2017 Boston Fire Department FF (Inct Comnd Sp) DEP $0 $13,525
Joseph Neimann 2017 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $0
Patricia K. Donovan 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $37,020
Joseph M Provenzano 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $25,553
Kennedy L. Lightfoot 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Julia M Rodriguez 2017 Boston Fire Department FF Liaison FPD Insp. Level 1 $0 $10,409
Kevin M McCarthy 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $22,558
Bernard Harper 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,405
Paul D Gillis 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,475
Christopher A Smith 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $9,555
Timothy Smith 2017 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $28,584
Tyrone D Lewis 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,678
Mark A Pina 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0