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Who gets paid by San Francisco

Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 309,069 vouchers to 14,672 payees in FY2008, published weekly by the Controller.

$3.1B paid through the City’s financial system in FY200814,672 Distinct payees13.7% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$106.0M Via related government units

Where the money went

$3.1B of payments in FY2008. Each lens re-splits the same total.

By department: $3.1B in FY2008.

FY2008 · which department paid it
$106.0M (3.4%) of this went through related government units Retirement System $48.1M, County Education Office $29.3M, SF Communtiy College Dist $21.1M, Health Service System $4.4M. Counted in, never netted out.

14,672 payees were paid in FY2008.

Source: Vendor Payments (Vouchers)·Data·Method

What the City buys

$211.5M of FY2027 payments bought goods and services, across 121 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.

$1.0B left the same ledger without buying anything. $266.5M in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $760.0M in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $6.6M unclassified.

Categories are the City’s own accounting codes; the split into purchases and the rest is ours.