Salaries
Spending type · $3.9B adopted (FY2021)
In fiscal year 2021, salaries makes up $3.9B of San Francisco's adopted spending, 28.3% of the total, spread over 50 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2021)
$3.9B
Share of city spending
28.3%
Departments
50
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 — FY2021
Public Health$899.8MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$553.5MPolice$422.1MFire Department$279.1MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$258.3MHuman Services Agency$219.4MAirport (SFO)$177.6MSheriff$130.7M
+ 42 smaller departments
Public Works$130.5MCity Administrator$98.9MRecreation & Parks$79.7MPublic Library$62.0MCity Attorney$52.6MEmergency Management$40.3MDistrict Attorney$39.3MController$32.8MBuilding Inspection$32.4MTechnology$30.9MPort$28.0MPublic Defender$27.5MCity Planning$26.5MHuman Resources$21.7MTreasurer & Tax Collector$20.7MJuvenile Probation$18.7MRetirement System$17.2MAssessor-Recorder$16.8MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$16.7MAdult Probation$16.1MEconomic & Workforce Development$12.9MBoard of Supervisors$9.9MMayor$9.0MFine Arts Museums$9.0MEnvironment$7.2MElections$7.0MChild Support Services$6.9MChildren, Youth & Their Families$6.5MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$6.2MPolice Accountability$6.2MHealth Service System$5.2MRent Board$5.0MAsian Art Museum$4.8MArts Commission$2.9MEthics Commission$2.8MHuman Rights Commission$2.6MChildren & Families Commission$1.7MAcademy of Sciences$1.3MCivil Service Commission$684,949Status of Women$639,404Board of Appeals$504,142Law Library$346,739
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Salaries”, fiscal year 2021, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗