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Who gets paid by San Francisco

Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 459,838 vouchers to 6,465 payees in FY2022, published weekly by the Controller.

$13.1B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20226,465 Distinct payees16.7% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$4.7B Via related government units

Where the money went

$13.1B of payments in FY2022. Each lens re-splits the same total.

By department: $13.1B in FY2022.

$4.7B (35.8%) of this went through related government units Retirement System $1.4B, General City - Unallocated $1.4B, Health Service System $1.0B, County Education Office $407.9M. Counted in, never netted out.

6,465 payees were paid in FY2022.

Source: Vendor Payments (Vouchers)·Data·Method

What the City buys

$5.7B of FY2022 payments bought goods and services, across 164 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.

$7.4B left the same ledger without buying anything. $5.3B in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $1.9B in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $211.9M unclassified.

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