City of Boston / Boston Fire Department / Fire Fighter
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Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
803 employees hold this title in Boston Fire Department. Median total compensation for the role is $165,008, below the department median of $174,516.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 803 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Firefighters — about 8,510 people — is $73,990. Boston Fire Department pays a median base salary of $134,912 for this role, 82% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Boston Fire Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Firefighters — about 345,990 people — is $59,280. Boston Fire Department’s median base salary is 128% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 765 of 803 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Boston Fire Department is $165,008, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $165,008 ranks #3 of 8. See Fire Fighter across all of City of Boston →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Fighterroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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At Boston Fire Department, Jacqueline Ciccolo serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $144,412.
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Daniel Mclaughlin holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $144,330.
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Anthony Hinds holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $144,166.
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Thomas Carroll holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $144,127.
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Roscoe Stallworth Iii is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $144,041.
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James Bratsis works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. James earned $143,979 in 2024.
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Mahad Mohamed is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $143,931.
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Brendan Hussey works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Brendan earned $143,733 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Christopher Castillo serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $143,665.
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Sean Connolly works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Sean earned $143,658 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Scott Rothwell serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $143,474.
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Brendan Fitzpatrick is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $143,398.
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William Kelley holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $143,346.
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Brian Mckenna holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $143,214.
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Dana Robinson is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $143,177.
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Christopher Wyse is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $142,880.
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Frank Velasquez holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $142,871.
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At Boston Fire Department, Michael Stapleton serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $142,621.
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At Boston Fire Department, Mark Mclaughlin serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $142,604.
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Martin Conneely holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $142,498.
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William Chan holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $142,442.
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At Boston Fire Department, Billy Clark serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $142,396.
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John Mellace works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. John earned $142,393 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Yvette Ram serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $142,393.
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Marcus Beal works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Marcus earned $142,171 in 2024.
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Kyle Cushing works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Kyle earned $142,082 in 2024.
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Daniel Shilalie works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Daniel earned $142,065 in 2024.
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Matthew Buckley is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $141,989.
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Colin Mccarthy is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $141,937.
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Ian Meschwitz is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $141,925.
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Wayne Abron holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $141,735.
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William Torney works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. William earned $141,269 in 2024.
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Kingsle Burke works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Kingsle earned $141,058 in 2024.
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Manuel Almanza works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Manuel earned $140,624 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Jack Giordano serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $140,465.
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Sean Lampron works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Sean earned $140,311 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Robert Buckley serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $140,298.
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At Boston Fire Department, Daniel Lane serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $140,201.
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Matthew Gleason is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $140,036.
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At Boston Fire Department, Adalberto Rodriguez serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $140,023.