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Payroll

Department

Department of Building Inspection

$59.0M
paid to 292 employees in FY2026
median $217,160 per person (+23% vs. citywide) · 0.9% overtime · 20th of 50 departments

Overtime: $542,686 in FY2026

0.9% of compensation, up from 1.0% in FY2013.

Year by year, FY2013–FY2026

282 people in FY2013, 292 in FY2026.

$31.0M in FY2013 · $59.0M in FY2026

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The jobs, FY2026

Engineering & Inspection243 people$48.8MManagement & Officials17 people$4.8MAdministration & Finance21 people$3.5M
Other roles11 people$2.0M
Next departmentPublic Defender21st of 50 departments$58.1M

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

See also

This department elsewhere

Public Works, Transportation & Commerce: the service areaIts 8 departments on the payrollDepartment of Building Inspection: its budgetAdopted budget, by spending typeDepartment of Building Inspection: every active contractIts contracts and suppliers

Same service area, FY2026

Port of San Francisco334 employees$60.1MOffice of Economic and Workforce Development146 employees$30.6M

Overview

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