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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Fire Fighter/Boston Fire Department
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At Boston Fire Department, Peter Eleey serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $215,068.
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This Fire Fighter record at Boston Fire Department for Eric Evans may represent several individuals, totaling $213,789 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Robert Anderson serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $213,714.
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Colin Mooney holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $213,370.
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Nicholas Querzoli works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Nicholas earned $212,894 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Joseph Vinard serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $212,454.
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Halsey Bernard works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Halsey earned $211,859 in 2024.
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Matthew Achey works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Matthew earned $211,760 in 2024.
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Jonathan Wood holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $211,668.
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At Boston Fire Department, Davin Silva-Dawkins serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $211,619.
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Larry Hurd is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $211,075.
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Max Beichel holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $210,592.
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Anthony Tippett holds the role of Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $210,516.
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At Boston Fire Department, Jeremy Washburn serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $209,902.
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Keith Berk works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Keith earned $209,814 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Rodney Laguerre serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $209,695.
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At Boston Fire Department, Kenneth Kelly serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $208,743.
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David Garrett works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. David earned $208,635 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Patrick Turley serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $208,343.
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Christopher Mccarron works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Christopher earned $208,240 in 2024.
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John Hagerty works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. John earned $208,158 in 2024.
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Francisco Perez-Turcios works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Francisco earned $208,143 in 2024.
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Lorenzo Perez works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Lorenzo earned $207,463 in 2024.
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Moises Abreu works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Moises earned $207,429 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Patrick Foley serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $207,410.
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At Boston Fire Department, Mitchell Gillis serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $207,325.
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At Boston Fire Department, Kenneth Alicea serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $206,901.
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Michael Aylward appears in Boston Fire Department payroll as a Fire Fighter, with $206,889 reported in 2024 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.
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Kevin Ceurvels is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $205,483.
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Andrew Verbitzki is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $205,459.
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At Boston Fire Department, Mohan Pilwah serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $205,386.
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At Boston Fire Department, Michael Goggin serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $204,639.
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Shawn Cleary works as a Fire Fighter for Boston Fire Department. Shawn earned $204,339 in 2024.
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At Boston Fire Department, Jesse Gover serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2024 pay totaled $203,852.
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Augusto Martinez Lara is a Fire Fighter at Boston Fire Department. 2024 total compensation came to $203,758.