Charges for Services
Revenue type · $3.9B adopted (FY2023)
In fiscal year 2023, charges for services makes up $3.9B of San Francisco's adopted revenue, 27.8% of the total, spread over 38 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2023)
$3.9B
Share of city revenue
27.8%
Departments
38
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 — FY2023
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$1.3BPublic Health$1.3BAirport (SFO)$784.6MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$152.4MFire Department$50.2MBuilding Inspection$49.4MCity Planning$42.4MRecreation & Parks$40.8M
+ 30 smaller departments
Port$20.3MGeneral City (unallocated)$19.9MCity Administrator$19.0MPublic Works$18.5MEnvironment$17.7MRent Board$12.0MPolice$9.0MSanitation & Streets$8.1MAssessor-Recorder$4.4MTreasurer & Tax Collector$3.7MEarly Childhood$2.0MArts Commission$1.9MHuman Services Agency$1.6MBoard of Appeals$1.2MRetirement System$1.1MFine Arts Museums$1.1MSheriff$1.1MEmergency Management$933,892District Attorney$698,233War Memorial & Performing Arts$586,778Elections$519,291Asian Art Museum$489,628Economic & Workforce Development$485,000Controller$440,000Board of Supervisors$311,140Public Library$175,000Health Service System$9,131Juvenile Probation$3,000Adult Probation$2,500Ethics Commission$2,450
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Charges for Services”, fiscal year 2023, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗