Charges for Services
Revenue type · $3.7B adopted (FY2021)
In fiscal year 2021, charges for services makes up $3.7B of San Francisco's adopted revenue, 27.1% of the total, spread over 36 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2021)
$3.7B
Share of city revenue
27.1%
Departments
36
Side
Revenue
What this is: Fees charged for services — dominated by the City's enterprises billing their customers: hospital care billed to insurers and Medi-Cal, airport charges to airlines, water and sewer bills. Not primarily fees on residents.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2021
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$1.2BPublic Health$1.2BAirport (SFO)$861.4MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$195.1MFire Department$48.8MCity Planning$45.4MBuilding Inspection$38.4MPublic Works$28.8M
+ 28 smaller departments
Recreation & Parks$26.0MGeneral City (unallocated)$21.8MEnvironment$16.9MCity Administrator$11.2MPort$11.0MRent Board$9.0MPolice$8.8MTreasurer & Tax Collector$4.0MAssessor-Recorder$3.5MRetirement System$1.7MHuman Services Agency$1.6MSuperior Court$1.6MArts Commission$1.5MSheriff$1.2MBoard of Appeals$1.2MElections$777,518Fine Arts Museums$750,000District Attorney$749,568Asian Art Museum$517,530Economic & Workforce Development$512,390Controller$440,000Board of Supervisors$199,795Public Library$170,000Health Service System$9,131Emergency Management$4,025Juvenile Probation$3,000Adult Probation$2,500Ethics Commission$2,450
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Charges for Services”, fiscal year 2021, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗