Charges for Services
Revenue type · $3.8B adopted (FY2022)
In fiscal year 2022, charges for services makes up $3.8B of San Francisco's adopted revenue, 28.8% of the total, spread over 37 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2022)
$3.8B
Share of city revenue
28.8%
Departments
37
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 — FY2022
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$1.2BPublic Health$1.2BAirport (SFO)$814.1MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$263.0MFire Department$45.1MCity Planning$44.6MBuilding Inspection$41.8MRecreation & Parks$33.5M
+ 29 smaller departments
Public Works$28.7MGeneral City (unallocated)$23.6MPort$17.2MEnvironment$16.3MRent Board$13.0MCity Administrator$10.7MPolice$9.0MAssessor-Recorder$3.8MTreasurer & Tax Collector$3.7MArts Commission$1.9MRetirement System$1.8MHuman Services Agency$1.6MSheriff$1.2MBoard of Appeals$1.1MFine Arts Museums$771,934District Attorney$749,568Emergency Management$587,567Economic & Workforce Development$460,000Controller$440,000Asian Art Museum$435,405Board of Supervisors$237,310War Memorial & Performing Arts$199,021Public Library$175,000Elections$61,972Health Service System$9,131Public Defender$7,944Juvenile Probation$3,000Adult Probation$2,500Ethics Commission$2,450
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Charges for Services”, fiscal year 2022, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗