Salaries
Spending type · $4.2B adopted (FY2022)
In fiscal year 2022, salaries makes up $4.2B of San Francisco's adopted spending, 31.4% of the total, spread over 51 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2022)
$4.2B
Share of city spending
31.4%
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 — FY2022
Public Health$994.4MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$589.7MPolice$420.5MFire Department$295.4MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$283.1MHuman Services Agency$238.9MAirport (SFO)$188.6MSheriff$138.6M
+ 43 smaller departments
Public Works$137.4MCity Administrator$112.1MRecreation & Parks$87.3MPublic Library$66.5MCity Attorney$56.6MDistrict Attorney$45.3MEmergency Management$45.0MController$36.3MBuilding Inspection$35.0MTechnology$34.6MPublic Defender$30.2MPort$28.6MCity Planning$27.5MHuman Resources$27.0MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$25.8MTreasurer & Tax Collector$21.9MRetirement System$19.2MJuvenile Probation$18.8MAssessor-Recorder$18.4MAdult Probation$18.2MEconomic & Workforce Development$14.5MBoard of Supervisors$11.2MMayor$10.1MFine Arts Museums$9.8MElections$9.5MEnvironment$7.7MChild Support Services$7.3MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$7.2MChildren, Youth & Their Families$7.1MRent Board$6.7MHealth Service System$5.6MPolice Accountability$5.6MAsian Art Museum$5.0MEthics Commission$4.0MArts Commission$3.2MHuman Rights Commission$2.7MChildren & Families Commission$2.0MAcademy of Sciences$1.4MSheriff's Office of Inspector General$973,009Status of Women$886,450Civil Service Commission$766,580Board of Appeals$458,393Law Library$372,487
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Salaries”, fiscal year 2022, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗