Salaries
Spending type · $3.4B adopted (FY2017)
In fiscal year 2017, salaries makes up $3.4B of San Francisco's adopted spending, 33.3% of the total, spread over 54 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2017)
$3.4B
Share of city spending
33.3%
Departments
54
Side
Spending
By department — FY2017
Public Health$758.7MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$456.2MPolice$384.7MFire Department$258.9MHuman Services$190.9MAirport (SFO)$151.4MSheriff$130.7MPublic Works$91.5M
+ 46 smaller departments
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$88.9MCity Administrator$78.3MRecreation & Parks$70.5MSuperior Court$65.3MPUC Water Department$61.9MPublic Library$53.9MPUC Wastewater Enterprise$46.4MCity Attorney$46.1MDistrict Attorney$36.6MDepartment of Emergency Management$32.3MController$31.1MBuilding Inspection$31.1MPUC Hetch Hetchy$28.4MTechnology$28.4MPort$26.7MPublic Defender$22.9MCity Planning$22.7MJuvenile Probation$22.3MTreasurer & Tax Collector$20.0MHuman Resources$17.1MAssessor-Recorder$15.8MAdult Probation$14.7MRetirement System$14.1MEconomic & Workforce Development$11.8MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$9.9MFine Arts Museums$8.4MBoard of Supervisors$8.0MChild Support Services$7.4MMayor$6.2MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$6.2MEnvironment$6.1MChildren, Youth & Their Families$5.6MHealth Service System$5.1MElections$4.7MAsian Art Museum$4.7MRent Board$4.4MArts Commission$2.9MEthics Commission$2.1MChildren & Families Commission$1.5MPUC Clean Power$1.4MHuman Rights Commission$1.3MAcademy of Sciences$1.3MCivil Service Commission$667,787Status of Women$653,914Board of Appeals$451,333Law Library$445,277
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Salaries”, fiscal year 2017, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗