The city paid three Providence fire captains more than $200,000 each in 2016 and paid a total of 220 firefighters more than $100,000 apiece during the same period.
Fire rescue Capt. Vincent J. D'Ambra had the biggest payout, $243,000, according to a Providence Journal analysis of the Fire Department's payroll, apparently making him the highest-paid employee on the city's payroll. A total of 29 firefighters brought home more than $150,000 in 2016, outpacing Mayor Jorge O. Elorza's $131,300 salary.
The top three on the payroll, including fire rescue Capt. Zachariah Kenyon and fire Capt. Thomas L. Cassin III, each collected more than School Supt. Christopher N. Maher, whose salary is $203,000. The three fire captains' base pay was $77,258 and $77,545.