Title

FIREFIGHTER

Employees

16,036

Agencies

1

Average Base Salary

$78,925.00

Total Payroll

$12,209,773,592.05

Agencies Using This Title

  1. FIRE DEPARTMENT

    16,036 employees, $12,209,773,592.05 total payroll

Pay Summary

Rows
107,990
Average total compensation
$113,063.93
First fiscal year
2014
Last fiscal year
2025

Top Earners By Year

Fiscal Year 2025

  1. DENNIS P KEATING

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $386,756.27

  2. JOSEPH ESPOSITO

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $379,321.17

  3. BRIAN P DOWNEY

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $377,374.97

  4. ROBERT F STUART

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $375,787.92

  5. BRIAN T MURPHY

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $368,728.87

Fiscal Year 2024

  1. JOSEPH ESPOSITO

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $489,314.61

  2. BRIAN P DOWNEY

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $433,618.86

  3. MICHAEL P MCGOVERN

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $414,860.12

  4. BRIAN P CLARKE

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $414,851.57

  5. ROBERT F STUART

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $414,306.47

Fiscal Year 2023

  1. JOSEPH ESPOSITO

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $393,962.56

  2. JULIO C ANDRADE

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $384,879.76

  3. JOHN P MAGUIRE

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $327,128.01

  4. ROBERT F STUART

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $325,598.15

  5. MICHAEL P MCGOVERN

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $320,687.65

Fiscal Year 2022

  1. JOSEPH ESPOSITO

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $409,836.84

  2. BRIAN T MURPHY

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $383,215.59

  3. DENNIS P KEATING

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $362,194.96

  4. MICHAEL P MCGOVERN

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $357,808.35

  5. BRIAN P DOWNEY

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $357,465.29

Fiscal Year 2021

  1. JOSEPH ESPOSITO

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $300,788.00

  2. DAVID RODRIGUEZ

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $283,112.92

  3. DENNIS P KEATING

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $279,725.34

  4. BRIAN T MURPHY

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $272,890.61

  5. MICHAEL P MCGOVERN

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $265,286.73

Fiscal Year 2020

  1. CHRISTOPHER SMITH

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $287,671.22

  2. JOSEPH ESPOSITO

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $276,938.58

  3. BRIAN T MURPHY

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $272,470.34

  4. JOSE L ORTIZ

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $256,828.66

  5. DAVID RODRIGUEZ

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $251,907.57

Source and Caveats

Source for v1: NYC Open Data dataset k397-673e. Raw source rows are preserved as imported.

OT hours before FY2023 are not directly comparable to FY2023 and later because the source methodology changed. Some names, agencies, and other fields may be redacted in the source and are displayed as provided.