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Job family

Engineering & Inspection

$489.8M
paid to 2,430 employees in FY2026
median $215,336 per person (+22% vs. citywide) · 1.0% overtime · 8th of 16 job families

The spread of pay, FY2026

2,413 people whose main job was in this family. Compare every kind of work ›

A quarter earn less than$160,838
Half earn less than$215,336
Three quarters earn less than$260,751
Nine in ten earn less than$307,754

Year by year, FY2013–FY2026

2,118 people in FY2013, 2,430 in FY2026.

$231.7M in FY2013 · $489.8M in FY2026

Click a year to see its amount.

By department, FY2026

Public Utilities Commission626 people$128.3MPublic Works555 people$116.8MMunicipal Transportation Agency347 people$72.5MDepartment of Building Inspection243 people$48.8MAirport Commission222 people$38.4MDepartment of Public Health115 people$23.7M
The 7 other departmentsCity Planning124 people$23.5MPort of San Francisco61 people$12.5MDepartment of the Environment73 people$12.3MRecreation and Park Department34 people$6.6MDepartment of Technology14 people$2.5MFire Department10 people$2.5MOffice of Economic and Workforce Development6 people$1.5M

Its job codes, FY2026

Professional Engineering1,193 people$267.6MConstruction Inspection262 people$49.1MEnergy & Environment241 people$45.0MConstruction Project Mgmt146 people$40.0MPublic Safety Inspection128 people$29.3MHealth & Sanitation Inspection128 people$24.9M
The 2 other job codesSub-Professional Engineering298 people$24.7MAdministrative-DPW/PUC34 people$9.2M
Next job familyManagement & Officials9th of 16 job families$458.2M

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