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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Timothy Connolly works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Timothy earned $152,133 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Gerard Bannon serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $152,115.
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Michael Ferris is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $152,070.
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At Boston Fire Department, Christopher Jacobs serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $152,032.
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At Boston Fire Department, Scott Rushton serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $151,875.
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Christopher Ruggiero works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Christopher earned $151,849 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Anthony Liseno serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $151,831.
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Jeremy Nelson holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $151,766.
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Ira Mckinnon holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $151,731.
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Max Brown works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Max earned $151,685 in 2024.
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Bob Ojugbana is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $151,476.
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Andy Tran works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Andy earned $151,459 in 2024.
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Taylor King is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $151,453.
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Ian Milan is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $151,334.
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Thomas Stanton holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $151,296.
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Sean Schallmo holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $151,151.
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Michael Paris works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Michael earned $151,103 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Jeff Brewington serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $150,873.
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Christopher Rogers is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $150,759.
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At Boston Fire Department, Michael O'Neil serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $150,695.
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Scott Simpson works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Scott earned $150,641 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, William Popa serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $150,561.
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At Boston Fire Department, Josh Capra serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $150,430.
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Peter Burke is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $150,170.
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At Boston Fire Department, Alan Pena-Mejia serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $150,079.
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At Boston Fire Department, Michael Lyons serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $149,961.
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Daniel Loring holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $149,955.
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Michael Regan holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $149,821.
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Glendon King holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $149,696.
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Andy Nguyen holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $149,595.
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At Boston Fire Department, John Barrett serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $149,517.
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Brian Joyce holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $149,359.
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William Hanlon is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $149,190.
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Demetrius Patterson works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Demetrius earned $149,127 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, John Leblanc serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $149,051.
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Michelle Johnson is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $148,708.
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Marvin Dormainville works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Marvin earned $148,606 in 2024.
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Juan Gonzalez holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $148,591.
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At Boston Fire Department, Bradley Wong serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $148,440.
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At Boston Fire Department, Daniel Jackson serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $148,300.