Salaries
Spending type · $5.4B adopted (FY2027)
In fiscal year 2027, salaries makes up $5.4B of San Francisco's adopted spending, 33.4% of the total, spread over 50 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2027)
$5.4B
Share of city spending
33.4%
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 — FY2027
Public Health$1.3BMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$665.5MPolice$603.4MFire Department$398.7MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$367.4MHuman Services Agency$293.4MAirport (SFO)$269.9MSheriff$194.9M
+ 42 smaller departments
Public Works$161.3MCity Administrator$130.9MRecreation & Parks$112.2MPublic Library$86.4MCity Attorney$76.9MEmergency Management$60.6MDistrict Attorney$58.1MBuilding Inspection$50.0MTechnology$47.0MController$46.1MPublic Defender$40.3MPort$39.5MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$37.7MRetirement System$31.7MHuman Resources$31.6MCity Planning$26.6MAssessor-Recorder$25.8MTreasurer & Tax Collector$25.4MJuvenile Probation$24.4MAdult Probation$21.4MEconomic & Workforce Development$18.1MBoard of Supervisors$14.8MMayor$14.1MEnvironment$13.0MFine Arts Museums$11.9MChildren, Youth & Their Families$10.5MEarly Childhood$9.6MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$8.7MRent Board$8.4MChild Support Services$8.2MElections$7.6MAsian Art Museum$6.2MHealth Service System$5.9MPolice Accountability$5.7MHuman Rights Commission$5.1MEthics Commission$4.4MArts Commission$3.7MAcademy of Sciences$2.0MCivil Service Commission$994,218Board of Appeals$521,876Law Library$481,165Sheriff's Office of Inspector General$439,540
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Salaries”, fiscal year 2027, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗