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Job family

Justice & Corrections

$627.2M
paid to 2,775 employees in FY2026
median $207,932 per person (+18% vs. citywide) · 10.4% overtime · 5th of 16 job families

The spread of pay, FY2026

2,721 people whose main job was in this family. Compare every kind of work ›

A quarter earn less than$140,460
Half earn less than$207,932
Three quarters earn less than$317,920
Nine in ten earn less than$399,271

Year by year, FY2013–FY2026

2,812 people in FY2013, 2,775 in FY2026.

$339.4M in FY2013 · $627.2M in FY2026

Click a year to see its amount.

By department, FY2026

Sheriff's Office1,005 people$276.1MCity Attorney277 people$79.7MSuperior Court510 people$68.3MDistrict Attorney299 people$67.9MPublic Defender229 people$52.9MJuvenile Probation Department131 people$21.8M
The 11 other departmentsAdult Probation Department103 people$19.9MPolice Department44 people$7.9MChild Support Services44 people$7.6MDepartment of Human Resources37 people$6.1MDepartment of Police Accountability31 people$6.0MRent Arbitration Board13 people$3.6MMunicipal Transportation Agency17 people$3.1MHuman Services Agency11 people$2.8MCity Administrator's Office12 people$1.5MTreasurer and Tax Collector5 people$1.2MDepartment of Public Health7 people$715,518

Its job codes, FY2026

Correction & Detention1,054 people$282.5MLegal & Court1,040 people$243.7MSF Superior Court510 people$68.3MProbation & Parole171 people$32.6M
Next job familyTransit Operations6th of 16 job families$537.4M

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