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Who gets paid by San Francisco

Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 411,111 vouchers to 6,401 payees in FY2021, published weekly by the Controller.

$13.3B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20216,401 Distinct payees20.8% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$4.6B Via related government units

Where the money went

$13.3B of payments in FY2021. Each lens re-splits the same total.

By department: $13.3B in FY2021.

$4.6B (34.2%) of this went through related government units Retirement System $1.4B, General City - Unallocated $1.3B, Health Service System $1.1B, County Education Office $352.9M. Counted in, never netted out.

6,401 payees were paid in FY2021.

Source: Vendor Payments (Vouchers)·Data·Method

What the City buys

$6.6B of FY2021 payments bought goods and services, across 167 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.

$6.8B left the same ledger without buying anything. $4.9B in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $1.7B in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $173.0M unclassified.

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