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Who gets paid by San Francisco

Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 344,290 vouchers to 12,926 payees in FY2011, published weekly by the Controller.

$3.9B paid through the City’s financial system in FY201112,926 Distinct payees17.6% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$146.0M Via related government units

Where the money went

$3.9B of payments in FY2011. Each lens re-splits the same total.

By department: $3.9B in FY2011.

FY2011 · which department paid it
$146.0M (3.7%) of this went through related government units County Education Office $56.2M, Retirement System $45.0M, SF Communtiy College Dist $38.9M, Health Service System $4.1M. Counted in, never netted out.

12,926 payees were paid in FY2011.

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.