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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
Kellen F Burke 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,956
Kingsle Burke 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,316
Paul F Burke 2014 Boston Fire Department Exec Asst Commissioner $0 $18,760
Paul T Burke 2014 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $0 $20,762
Peter J Burke 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,701
Andrew Copp Burns 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,218
Brian Robert Burns 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $6,628
Daniel J. Burns 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $8,292
Gregory L Burton 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $28,526
David Busch 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $12,152
Matthew S Butler 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $9,153
Edward F Byrne 2014 Boston Fire Department Prin Fire Alarm Operator $0 $37,793
Philip Robert Byrne 2014 Boston Fire Department FF(IncidentCommandSpec)DFC-Tec $0 $11,872
Stephen J Byrne 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $11,710
Emilio Oliver Cabey II 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $0 $7,872
Gerard M Cahill 2014 Boston Fire Department District Fire Chief Admin $0 $21,739
James E. Cahill 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $17,450
Timothy E. Cahill 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $7,008
George Cahoon 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $0 $9,818
Peter G. Cakridas 2014 Boston Fire Department Dir-Transportation (BFD) $0 $58,928
John M. Caljouw 2014 Boston Fire Department FF(FPD Place of Assembly Insp) $0 $6,025
Joanne Callahan 2014 Boston Fire Department Admin Asst $0 $0
Matthew Sean Callahan 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $10,609
Patrick Shay Callahan 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $0 $11,143
Richard K Callow 2014 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $0 $12,954