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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
Daniel Patrick McDevitt 2016 Boston Fire Department FF (Scuba Diver) $0 $22,552
Deanna Marie McDevitt 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $21,926
Anthony Thomas McDonagh 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Michael S McDonagh 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,515
John F McDonald 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,685
Paul F. McDonald 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $17,314
Richard McDonald 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Russell Martin McDonald 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,333
Peter J McDonnell 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $4,205
Joseph P McDonough 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $17,207
Thomas E. McDonough 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $0 $11,682
Lendail McDowall 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $19,083
Steven Patrick McGillis 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $0 $0
James M Gosse 2016 Boston Fire Department Radio Operator (Bfd) $0 -$32
Edward Gottwald 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $14,116
Jesse Matthew Gover 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $5,284
Robert J Gover 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $14,532
Adam S Grabert 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $14,929
Jermain Dujon Graham 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,637
Joseph M Graham 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $0 $10,729
Leo W Graham 2016 Boston Fire Department Inside Wireperson $0 $0
David Richard Granara 2016 Boston Fire Department DepFireChiefAdmn-AdvTechnician $0 $0
Robert Edward Grandfield 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $5,192
Philip Martin Gravalese 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $0
Emmett Reed 2016 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $14,003