Adopted (FY2020)
$1.7B
Share of city spending
14.0%
Departments
52
Side
Spending
What this is: The employer's share of employee benefits the City is required to fund: pension contributions, health coverage, Social Security and Medicare.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2020
Public Health$368.0MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$266.0MPolice$146.4MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$110.8MHuman Services Agency$106.2MAirport (SFO)$95.5MFire Department$86.5MGeneral City (unallocated)$80.2M
+ 44 smaller departments
Sheriff$59.5MPublic Works$55.3MCity Administrator$42.8MRecreation & Parks$37.0MPublic Library$35.3MCity Attorney$21.2MDistrict Attorney$15.6MBuilding Inspection$15.3MPort$14.5MEmergency Management$14.3MController$14.2MTechnology$13.4MCity Planning$12.1MPublic Defender$10.6MJuvenile Probation$9.5MTreasurer & Tax Collector$9.1MHuman Resources$8.7MAssessor-Recorder$7.9MAdult Probation$7.7MRetirement System$6.2MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$5.9MEconomic & Workforce Development$5.5MFine Arts Museums$4.4MBoard of Supervisors$4.1MChild Support Services$3.7MEnvironment$3.4MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$3.4MMayor$3.4MChildren, Youth & Their Families$3.0MHealth Service System$2.7MPolice Accountability$2.6MRent Board$2.3MAsian Art Museum$2.3MElections$2.0MArts Commission$1.5MEthics Commission$1.2MHuman Rights Commission$1.1MChildren & Families Commission$828,963Superior Court$665,000Academy of Sciences$586,256Civil Service Commission$312,286Status of Women$298,957Board of Appeals$273,136Law Library$210,918
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Mandatory Fringe Benefits”, fiscal year 2020, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗