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Administration & Finance

A family of city jobs

In FY2025, San Francisco paid $770.8M to 5,716 employees in administration & finance jobs, a median of $143,850 each, 11.1% of the city payroll. Source: SF Controller employee compensation (open data).

Total compensation, FY2025
$770.8M
11.1% of the city payroll
People paid
5,716
4,542 in FY2013
Median per person
$143,850
10% vs the citywide median
Paid as overtime
0.7%
$5.6M in FY2025
What this work pays — FY2025
p25
$108,199
a quarter earn less
median
$143,850
half earn less
p75
$181,482
three quarters earn less
p90
$213,158
nine in ten earn less

Exact percentiles over the 5,681 people whose main job that year was in this family, total compensation included. A low median means part-time and partial-year staff, not a low hourly rate. Compare every kind of work →

Compensation, FY2013–FY2025
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$358.0M in FY2013 $770.8M in FY2025, with 4,5425,716 people. Nominal dollars, not inflation-adjusted.

Where these people work — FY2025
+ 36 smaller departments
Controller212 people · $14,211 overtime$36.2MPublic Works203 people · $109,251 overtime$32.8MPolice239 people · $863,398 overtime$31.1MHuman Resources232 people · $4,639 overtime$28.0MAssessor-Recorder149 people · $761 overtime$21.8MTreasurer/Tax Collector143 people · $3,975 overtime$21.0MHomelessness Services114 people · $16,037 overtime$18.8MRecreation And Park Commission94 people · $31,700 overtime$14.2MBoard Of Supervisors83 people · $27,755 overtime$11.1MRetirement System70 people · $14,573 overtime$9.8MPort60 people · $47,988 overtime$9.0MCity Attorney66 people · $233 overtime$8.4MPublic Library47 people · $7,643 overtime$7.7MFire Department46 people · $303,289 overtime$7.1MElections429 people · $373,949 overtime$7.0MEconomic Workforce Development30 people$5.1MEmergency Management33 people · $44,495 overtime$4.6MArts Commission35 people · $256 overtime$4.5MTechnology26 people$4.3MJuvenile Probation32 people · $16,136 overtime$4.1MHealth Service System27 people · $10,075 overtime$3.9MChildren Youth & Families20 people$3.5MDept of Building Inspection22 people$3.3MDept of Early Childhood17 people$2.9MMayor15 people$2.6MEthics Commission21 people · $11 overtime$2.5MSheriff14 people · $69,849 overtime$2.3MCity Planning14 people$2.2MRent Arbitration Board16 people · $164 overtime$2.0MAdult Probation11 people · $1,059 overtime$1.7MEnvironment9 people$1.6MHuman Rights Commission9 people$1.4MWar Memorial8 people · $2,206 overtime$1.1MSuperior Court16 people$997,284District Attorney5 people$947,967Status of Women5 people$624,942
The job codes behind this family
+ 4 more job codes
Source

Compensation for the administration & finance family, FY2013–FY2025, aggregated from the Controller’s employee-compensation data. Employee Compensation

No dollar aggregate in this file covers fewer than 5 employees. Groups under 5 people are pooled into visible 'Other roles' rows per department; pools that would themselves stay under the threshold are folded into the department total with no row. Departments under the threshold (the Law Library in practice, 2-3 people) are included in citywide totals but not listed.