Adopted (FY2023)
$1.9B
Share of city spending
13.8%
Departments
54
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 — FY2023
Public Health$422.2MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$303.4MPolice$136.4MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$128.5MHuman Services Agency$116.9MGeneral City (unallocated)$102.8MFire Department$95.3MAirport (SFO)$92.4M
+ 46 smaller departments
Sheriff$73.2MCity Administrator$48.2MRecreation & Parks$41.3MPublic Library$38.6MPublic Works$34.5MSanitation & Streets$28.2MCity Attorney$22.7MDistrict Attorney$16.5MBuilding Inspection$16.4MEmergency Management$16.1MTechnology$15.4MController$15.0MPort$14.9MCity Planning$11.9MPublic Defender$11.8MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$11.6MHuman Resources$10.8MJuvenile Probation$10.3MAdult Probation$10.3MTreasurer & Tax Collector$9.9MAssessor-Recorder$8.2MRetirement System$7.8MEconomic & Workforce Development$6.0MBoard of Supervisors$4.7MFine Arts Museums$4.5MMayor$4.1MEnvironment$4.0MChild Support Services$4.0MChildren, Youth & Their Families$3.6MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$3.6MEarly Childhood$3.5MRent Board$3.0MHealth Service System$2.9MAsian Art Museum$2.3MPolice Accountability$2.3MElections$2.0MEthics Commission$1.7MArts Commission$1.5MHuman Rights Commission$1.4MSuperior Court$665,000Academy of Sciences$632,759Sheriff's Office of Inspector General$542,130Status of Women$533,950Civil Service Commission$323,205Board of Appeals$272,831Law Library$178,020
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Mandatory Fringe Benefits”, fiscal year 2023, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗