Adopted (FY2019)
$3.6B
Share of city spending
32.6%
Departments
50
Side
Spending
What this is: Pay for the City's workforce — police officers, nurses, Muni operators, librarians and everyone else on the payroll.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2019
Public Health$815.9MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$502.9MPolice$412.4MFire Department$272.8MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$245.9MHuman Services Agency$201.5MAirport (SFO)$163.7MSheriff$141.0M
+ 42 smaller departments
Public Works$105.9MCity Administrator$88.5MRecreation & Parks$77.6MPublic Library$58.5MCity Attorney$49.2MDistrict Attorney$38.9MEmergency Management$36.3MBuilding Inspection$31.5MController$31.4MTechnology$29.7MPort$28.6MPublic Defender$26.0MCity Planning$24.8MJuvenile Probation$21.4MTreasurer & Tax Collector$19.8MHuman Resources$19.4MAssessor-Recorder$16.7MAdult Probation$16.0MRetirement System$15.2MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$12.3MEconomic & Workforce Development$12.0MFine Arts Museums$9.0MBoard of Supervisors$8.5MMayor$7.4MChild Support Services$7.1MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$6.8MEnvironment$6.4MChildren, Youth & Their Families$6.1MHealth Service System$5.3MPolice Accountability$5.1MElections$5.1MRent Board$5.0MAsian Art Museum$5.0MArts Commission$3.1MEthics Commission$2.7MHuman Rights Commission$2.1MChildren & Families Commission$1.7MAcademy of Sciences$1.4MCivil Service Commission$705,074Status of Women$679,522Board of Appeals$480,251Law Library$435,139
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Salaries”, fiscal year 2019, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗