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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Lorenzo Stoker holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $147,964.
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At Boston Fire Department, Joseph O'Neill serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $147,931.
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Aron Mccabe holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $147,847.
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Randall Bither works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Randall earned $147,735 in 2024.
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Patrick Sullivan holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $147,698.
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Patrick Yetman works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Patrick earned $147,645 in 2024.
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Christopher Conley is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $147,631.
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Brian Kirk works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Brian earned $147,591 in 2024.
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Vito Pendola works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Vito earned $147,493 in 2024.
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Dennis Pinsonneault is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $147,467.
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Thomas Sameski holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $147,413.
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Philip Holda works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Philip earned $147,344 in 2024.
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Brendan Murphy works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Brendan earned $147,266 in 2024.
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Matthew Joyce works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Matthew earned $147,220 in 2024.
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Gary Constant holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $147,123.
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Kyle Pina holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $147,122.
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Alberto Baez holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $147,094.
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At Boston Fire Department, Joshua Egan serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $147,088.
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At Boston Fire Department, Kieran Foley serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $147,059.
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Robert Larose holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $147,044.
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Edward Ferent holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $146,792.
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Hunter Bradanese is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $146,676.
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Timothy Deschenes works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Timothy earned $146,614 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Matthew Paul serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $146,507.
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Nathan Mahoney works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Nathan earned $146,439 in 2024.
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James Crudup works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. James earned $146,378 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Mathew Mcguire serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $146,304.
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Sean Harmon is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $146,231.
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Patrick Walsh holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $146,126.
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William O'Sullivan holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $146,095.
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Leroy Heyward works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Leroy earned $146,045 in 2024.
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Tyler Devane holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $146,000.
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Michael Doherty Walsh is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $145,819.
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Matthew Goggin works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Matthew earned $145,775 in 2024.
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Francis Tierney holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $145,674.
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Randy Greeley works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Randy earned $145,587 in 2024.
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James Caruso works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. James earned $145,475 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Jonathan Hsu serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $145,394.
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Michael Bannon holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $145,165.
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Stephen Burke works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Stephen earned $144,858 in 2024.