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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
Thomas P Dougherty 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $18,919
Mark A Corwin 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $14,802
Christopher Corwin 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $14,804
Edward C Donovan 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $13,686
Jaime Galarza 2017 Boston Fire Department FIU Digital Lab Supervisor $0 $0
Clyde B. Weekes 2017 Boston Fire Department FF Paid Detail Officer $0 $6,638
Edward Horne 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $19,809
Charles H Paige II 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $0 $15,961
Barry J Bourassa 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $5,435
Daniel R Dowling 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $14,808
James L Scanlon 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $0 $16,584
George Cahoon 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $10,707
Michael J Ruggere 2017 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $0 $48,671
Brian C Summering 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $15,283
Neal A Mullane Jr. 2017 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $0 $26,630
David J. Bergdoll 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $14,749
Patrick D. Murphy 2017 Boston Fire Department Dist Fire Chief $0 $22,003
Gregory J Fall 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain-Technician $0 $21,507
James K Cheatham 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $2,894
Robert Dean 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $16,014
Mark T Jones 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,216
Thomas D Farrell 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $34,340
Joseph G Welch 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $5,155
William M Hardmon 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $13,543
Donald J Price 2017 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $33,423