Salaries
Spending type · $4.6B adopted (FY2023)
In fiscal year 2023, salaries makes up $4.6B of San Francisco's adopted spending, 32.7% of the total, spread over 52 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2023)
$4.6B
Share of city spending
32.7%
Departments
52
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 — FY2023
Public Health$1.1BMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$642.7MPolice$459.4MFire Department$348.4MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$304.4MHuman Services Agency$249.7MAirport (SFO)$198.0MSheriff$166.4M
+ 44 smaller departments
City Administrator$121.1MRecreation & Parks$94.8MPublic Works$81.0MPublic Library$71.2MSanitation & Streets$62.3MCity Attorney$61.6MDistrict Attorney$47.9MEmergency Management$47.4MTechnology$40.4MController$39.4MBuilding Inspection$37.5MPublic Defender$33.8MPort$33.6MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$29.7MCity Planning$28.1MHuman Resources$27.9MTreasurer & Tax Collector$24.4MRetirement System$22.3MAssessor-Recorder$20.0MJuvenile Probation$19.6MAdult Probation$18.6MEconomic & Workforce Development$15.7MBoard of Supervisors$12.2MMayor$11.0MFine Arts Museums$10.4MEnvironment$9.4MChildren, Youth & Their Families$9.3MEarly Childhood$8.5MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$7.8MChild Support Services$7.7MElections$7.5MRent Board$7.5MHealth Service System$6.4MPolice Accountability$6.0MAsian Art Museum$5.4MEthics Commission$4.5MHuman Rights Commission$3.4MArts Commission$3.3MAcademy of Sciences$1.6MStatus of Women$1.5MSheriff's Office of Inspector General$1.5MCivil Service Commission$821,941Board of Appeals$484,100Law Library$394,378
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Salaries”, fiscal year 2023, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗