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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Paul Mcdonald is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $179,738.
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Joseph Trahon works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Joseph earned $179,667 in 2024.
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Janice Parsons is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $179,574.
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Timothy Dunn works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Timothy earned $179,474 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Daniel Sullivan serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $179,450.
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Karlos Roque works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Karlos earned $179,253 in 2024.
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Joseph Santos Iii works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Joseph earned $179,032 in 2024.
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Ben Turcotte holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $178,943.
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At Boston Fire Department, Ryan Kelly serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $178,922.
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Emily Chen works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Emily earned $178,866 in 2024.
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Malcolm Fearon works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Malcolm earned $178,798 in 2024.
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Daniel Reardon holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $178,780.
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Brian Johnson is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $178,516.
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At Boston Fire Department, Colin Donovan serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $178,475.
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Michael Merchant holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $178,422.
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At Boston Fire Department, Jeffrey Stivaletta serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $178,402.
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Joseph Garland works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Joseph earned $178,393 in 2024.
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Sean Merchant holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $178,370.
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At Boston Fire Department, Patrick Zawadzki serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $178,272.
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Richard Savicke works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Richard earned $178,250 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Daniel Lynch serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $178,156.
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Sean Teed is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $177,933.
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Matthew Demore works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Matthew earned $177,769 in 2024.
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Michael Crowley holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $177,474.
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Levar Thomas works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Levar earned $177,289 in 2024.
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Rahsheik Glenn holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $177,072.
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At Boston Fire Department, Stephen Ryan serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $176,900.
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Christopher Talbot works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Christopher earned $176,830 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Thomas Sousa serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $176,741.
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Andrew Wallace is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $176,725.
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Stephen Sloan Ii holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $176,616.
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Cale Oliveira holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $176,491.
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Kellen Burke is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $176,427.
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At Boston Fire Department, Josiah Patriquin serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $176,116.
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Rayni Sanabia holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $176,110.
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At Boston Fire Department, James Kerr serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $175,907.
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Davilson Dossantos holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $175,760.
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At Boston Fire Department, Daniel Cook serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $175,691.
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John Evans Jr. works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. John earned $175,680 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Ryan Ross serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $175,668.