Who gets paid by San Francisco
Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 496,685 vouchers to 6,526 payees in FY2026, published weekly by the Controller.
$16.8B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20266,526 Distinct payees24.2% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$5.7B Via related government units
Where the money went
$16.8B of payments in FY2026. Each lens re-splits the same total.
By department: $16.8B in FY2026.
$5.7B (34.2%) of this went through related government units — General City - Unallocated $1.8B, Retirement System $1.5B, Health Service System $1.4B, Treasurer-Tax Collector $379.7M. Counted in, never netted out.
6,526 payees were paid in FY2026.
What the City buys
$7.7B of FY2026 payments bought goods and services, across 166 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.
$9.1B left the same ledger without buying anything. $7.0B in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $1.9B in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $229.2M unclassified.
Categories are the City’s own accounting codes; the split into purchases and the rest is ours.