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, Thomas Keane serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $175,403.
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Gary Doyle holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $175,255.
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Patric Anjos is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $175,135.
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Christopher Perachi is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $175,082.
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At Boston Fire Department, Daniel Farina serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $174,953.
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William Sweeney Jr. holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $174,913.
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Lucas Aviles works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Lucas earned $174,827 in 2024.
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Reaksmey Keo holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $174,732.
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Aaron Labrecque works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Aaron earned $174,727 in 2024.
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Daniel Perry is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $174,516.
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Michael Sweeney works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Michael earned $174,478 in 2024.
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Aaron Yu holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $174,426.
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Joshua Waters holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $174,361.
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Jibril Antar holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $174,304.
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Kevin Shaughnessy holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $174,283.
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Patrick Culhane is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $174,108.
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Richard Treanor works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Richard earned $174,046 in 2024.
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Jay Hairston is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $173,981.
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James Philpott is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $173,758.
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At Boston Fire Department, John Mackie serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $173,750.
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Paul Lombard holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $173,717.
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Kyle Deady works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Kyle earned $173,685 in 2024.
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Matthew Munchbach holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $173,656.
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Brian Murray works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Brian earned $173,540 in 2024.
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Sean Lucht is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $173,492.
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Cory Finn is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $173,459.
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Jesse O'Connor is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $173,324.
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Jeffrey Riley works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Jeffrey earned $173,322 in 2024.
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Thomas Maher works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Thomas earned $173,188 in 2024.
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Luis Tejeda works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Luis earned $173,156 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Ryan Long serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $173,093.
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Sean Murphy works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Sean earned $173,037 in 2024.
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Trenton Parsons works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Trenton earned $173,003 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Matthew Christoforo serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $172,932.
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Leo Ronan Ii works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Leo earned $172,625 in 2024.
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Collin Herelle works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Collin earned $172,505 in 2024.
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Robert Noonan works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Robert earned $172,426 in 2024.
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Anthony Mcdonagh is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $172,353.
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Gregory Hanley holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $172,133.
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Eddy Holmes holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $171,961.