Salaries
Spending type · $3.8B adopted (FY2020)
In fiscal year 2020, salaries makes up $3.8B of San Francisco's adopted spending, 31.1% of the total, spread over 51 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2020)
$3.8B
Share of city spending
31.1%
Departments
51
Side
Spending
What this is: Pay for the City's workforce — police officers, nurses, Muni operators, librarians and everyone else on the payroll.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2020
Public Health$867.4MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$533.8MPolice$446.4MFire Department$284.8MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$259.0MHuman Services Agency$213.5MAirport (SFO)$174.0MSheriff$150.5M
+ 43 smaller departments
Public Works$112.3MCity Administrator$96.2MRecreation & Parks$82.4MPublic Library$61.8MCity Attorney$52.4MDistrict Attorney$40.5MEmergency Management$38.0MController$32.8MBuilding Inspection$32.7MTechnology$30.3MPort$30.0MPublic Defender$27.5MCity Planning$26.5MJuvenile Probation$21.5MTreasurer & Tax Collector$21.2MHuman Resources$21.0MAssessor-Recorder$17.8MAdult Probation$16.8MRetirement System$16.2MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$13.9MEconomic & Workforce Development$13.0MBoard of Supervisors$9.6MFine Arts Museums$9.4MMayor$9.2MElections$8.4MChild Support Services$7.4MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$7.1MChildren, Youth & Their Families$6.5MPolice Accountability$6.4MEnvironment$6.4MHealth Service System$5.4MRent Board$5.4MAsian Art Museum$5.2MArts Commission$3.2MEthics Commission$2.9MHuman Rights Commission$2.7MChildren & Families Commission$1.8MAcademy of Sciences$1.4MCivil Service Commission$740,383Status of Women$698,362Board of Appeals$499,907Law Library$441,629General City (unallocated)$153,664
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Salaries”, fiscal year 2020, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗