Salaries
Spending type · $5.0B adopted (FY2025)
In fiscal year 2025, salaries makes up $5.0B of San Francisco's adopted spending, 31.6% of the total, spread over 51 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2025)
$5.0B
Share of city spending
31.6%
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 — FY2025
Public Health$1.2BMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$630.5MPolice$562.1MFire Department$377.1MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$335.1MHuman Services Agency$272.2MAirport (SFO)$244.6MSheriff$171.2M
+ 43 smaller departments
Public Works$157.5MCity Administrator$125.8MRecreation & Parks$103.9MPublic Library$80.1MCity Attorney$70.4MEmergency Management$55.8MDistrict Attorney$53.6MTechnology$45.1MBuilding Inspection$43.7MController$41.9MPublic Defender$39.4MPort$36.4MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$35.4MHuman Resources$31.1MRetirement System$28.3MCity Planning$25.6MTreasurer & Tax Collector$23.9MAssessor-Recorder$23.3MJuvenile Probation$21.5MAdult Probation$19.4MEconomic & Workforce Development$17.4MBoard of Supervisors$13.4MMayor$11.7MEnvironment$11.6MFine Arts Museums$11.2MEarly Childhood$10.0MChildren, Youth & Their Families$10.0MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$8.3MElections$8.1MRent Board$8.1MChild Support Services$7.7MPolice Accountability$5.9MHealth Service System$5.8MAsian Art Museum$5.7MHuman Rights Commission$4.7MEthics Commission$4.3MArts Commission$3.6MAcademy of Sciences$1.9MStatus of Women$1.2MCivil Service Commission$918,248Board of Appeals$519,560Law Library$419,212Sheriff's Office of Inspector General$394,625
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Salaries”, fiscal year 2025, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗