Mandatory Fringe Benefits
Spending type · $2.0B adopted (FY2025)
In fiscal year 2025, mandatory fringe benefits makes up $2.0B of San Francisco's adopted spending, 12.4% of the total, spread over 53 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2025)
$2.0B
Share of city spending
12.4%
Departments
53
Side
Spending
What this is: The employer's share of employee benefits the City is required to fund: pension contributions, health coverage, Social Security and Medicare.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2025
Public Health$438.1MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$288.9MPolice$142.4MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$133.8MHuman Services Agency$121.7MAirport (SFO)$102.5MFire Department$95.4MGeneral City (unallocated)$89.7M
+ 45 smaller departments
Sheriff$80.3MPublic Works$65.1MCity Administrator$48.0MRecreation & Parks$42.9MPublic Library$41.8MCity Attorney$24.5MBuilding Inspection$17.6MDistrict Attorney$17.3MEmergency Management$17.2MTechnology$16.6MPort$15.4MController$15.3MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$12.9MPublic Defender$12.8MHuman Resources$11.3MAdult Probation$10.9MJuvenile Probation$10.1MCity Planning$10.1MRetirement System$9.6MTreasurer & Tax Collector$9.5MAssessor-Recorder$8.9MEconomic & Workforce Development$6.1MBoard of Supervisors$4.9MFine Arts Museums$4.6MEnvironment$4.5MMayor$4.1MEarly Childhood$3.9MChildren, Youth & Their Families$3.8MChild Support Services$3.7MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$3.6MRent Board$3.1MHealth Service System$2.4MAsian Art Museum$2.3MPolice Accountability$2.1MElections$1.9MHuman Rights Commission$1.7MArts Commission$1.6MEthics Commission$1.5MAcademy of Sciences$705,852Superior Court$665,000Status of Women$424,484Civil Service Commission$336,210Board of Appeals$276,527Law Library$180,257Sheriff's Office of Inspector General$79,831
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Mandatory Fringe Benefits”, fiscal year 2025, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗