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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
Brian Hardiman 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-ADR $0 $0
Kathleen Frechette 2017 Boston Fire Department Admin Asst $0 $23,387
James J Lonergan 2017 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief $0 $28,010
Paul P Keeley 2017 Boston Fire Department Distric F Chief Liaison/Ret Bd $0 $26,621
John J. Forristall 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Admn-Advance Tech $0 $32,634
Ralph T. Dean 2017 Boston Fire Department FF (Mas Of F Boat) $0 $33,924
John T MacDougall 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $24,870
Rodney G Raye 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $12,237
Gerard M Cahill 2017 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $0 $40,666
Roberto Ortiz 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $0 $12,133
Dwaine E Daye 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $15,720
Michael A Searcy 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $7,784
David John Walsh 2017 Boston Fire Department Dep Fire Chief Administration $0 $916
Malcolm E. Fearon 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,083
Timothy S Dale 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-Technician $0 $16,867
William J Hogan 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,823
Gerald E Hogan 2017 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief-Technician $0 $37,434
Michael J Gormley 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $3,948
Emmett Reed 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,085
Gregory P Conlan 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $1,035
Paul F Aquino 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $15,619
Sean P. Gibbons 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $22,652
Barbara Wuschke 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Alarm Operator $0 $8,739
Christopher A Serra 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $26,924
Joseph E Higgins 2017 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,852