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Payroll

Department

Controller

$71.0M
paid to 336 employees in FY2026
median $216,465 per person (+23% vs. citywide) · 0.1% overtime · 16th of 50 departments

Overtime: $41,109 in FY2026

0.1% of compensation, up from 1.7% in FY2013.

Year by year, FY2013–FY2026

240 people in FY2013, 336 in FY2026.

$26.3M in FY2013 · $71.0M in FY2026

Click a year to see its amount.

The jobs, FY2026

Administration & Finance208 people$39.4MInformation Technology87 people$19.5MManagement & Officials36 people$11.7M
Other roles5 people$363,212
Next departmentSuperior Court17th of 50 departments$69.1M

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

See also

This department elsewhere

General Administration & Finance: the service areaIts 15 departments on the payrollController: its budgetAdopted budget, by spending typeController: every active contractIts contracts and suppliers

Same service area, FY2026

City Attorney380 employees$97.9MDepartment of Technology326 employees$68.0M

Overview

San Francisco's payrollPay by department, service area and job family