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Who gets paid by San Francisco

Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 380,158 vouchers to 12,633 payees in FY2017, published weekly by the Controller.

$6.0B paid through the City’s financial system in FY201712,633 Distinct payees16.9% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$313.6M Via related government units

Where the money went

$6.0B of payments in FY2017. Each lens re-splits the same total.

By department: $6.0B in FY2017.

$313.6M (5.2%) of this went through related government units Commty Invest & Infrstrctr $112.4M, County Education Office $93.0M, Retirement System $42.2M, Health Service System $28.9M. Counted in, never netted out.

12,633 payees were paid in FY2017.

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.