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Who gets paid by San Francisco

Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 464,473 vouchers to 6,604 payees in FY2024, published weekly by the Controller.

$15.3B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20246,604 Distinct payees20.2% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$4.9B Via related government units

Where the money went

$15.3B of payments in FY2024. Each lens re-splits the same total.

By department: $15.3B in FY2024.

$4.9B (32.3%) of this went through related government units General City - Unallocated $1.6B, Retirement System $1.4B, Health Service System $1.2B, SF Communtiy College Dist $325.6M. Counted in, never netted out.

6,604 payees were paid in FY2024.

Source: Vendor Payments (Vouchers)·Data·Method

What the City buys

$7.0B of FY2024 payments bought goods and services, across 163 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.

$8.3B left the same ledger without buying anything. $6.0B in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $2.1B in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $209.8M unclassified.

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