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Payroll

Department

Public Library

$119.4M
paid to 964 employees in FY2026
median $126,151 per person (−28% vs. citywide) · 0.6% overtime · 12th of 50 departments

Overtime: $762,004 in FY2026

0.6% of compensation, up from 0.1% in FY2013.

Year by year, FY2013–FY2026

919 people in FY2013, 964 in FY2026.

$62.0M in FY2013 · $119.4M in FY2026

Click a year to see its amount.

The jobs, FY2026

Culture, Parks & Libraries719 people$82.8MAdministration & Finance50 people$8.6MCustodial, Food & Service Aides64 people$7.1MManagement & Officials19 people$5.3MInformation Technology27 people$5.0MSecurity, Dispatch & Protection36 people$4.4M
The 2 other job families
Other roles28 people$3.6M
Trades & Maintenance22 people$2.6M
Next departmentCity Attorney13th of 50 departments$97.9M

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

See also

This department elsewhere

Culture & Recreation: the service areaIts 7 departments on the payrollPublic Library: its budgetAdopted budget, by spending typePublic Library: every active contractIts contracts and suppliers

Same service area, FY2026

Recreation and Park Department2,189 employees$163.3MFine Arts Museums194 employees$18.1M

Overview

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