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Service area

Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development

$502.7M
paid to 3,455 employees across 8 departments in FY2026
average $145,502 per person · 0.7% overtime · 5th of 6 service areas

Year by year, FY2013–FY2026

$227.4M in FY2013 · $502.7M in FY2026

Click a year to see its amount.

The departments, FY2026

Departments with fewer than five employees are only counted in the total.

Human Services Agency2,763 people · median $151,398 · 0.9% overtime$384.6MDepartment of Homelessness and Supportive Housing248 people · median $198,172 · 0.4% overtime$46.0MDepartment of the Environment117 people · median $157,398 · <0.1% overtime$17.3MDepartment of Early Childhood64 people · median $191,779 · <0.1% overtime$12.1MDepartment of Children, Youth and Their Families62 people · median $198,661 · <0.1% overtime$11.9MChild Support Services62 people · median $168,091 · <0.1% overtime$11.1M
The 2 other departmentsHuman Rights Commission80 people · median $141,658 · 0.0% overtime$10.1MRent Arbitration Board59 people · median $170,754 · 0.0% overtime$9.7M

The jobs, FY2026

Social & Community Services1,743 people$267.4MAdministration & Finance753 people$112.3MManagement & Officials246 people$50.4MInformation Technology78 people$16.8M
Other roles88 people$14.3M
Justice & Corrections68 people$14.1M
The 4 other job familiesEngineering & Inspection73 people$12.3MHealth & Hospitals38 people$6.6MCustodial, Food & Service Aides358 people$6.3MTrades & Maintenance12 people$2.2M

Overtime: $3.6M in FY2026

0.7% of compensation.

Next service areaCulture & Recreation6th of 6 service areas$330.1M

Source: SF Controller, employee compensation. Groups of fewer than five people are pooled. Employee Compensation ↗