Who gets paid by San Francisco
Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 500,020 vouchers to 6,654 payees in FY2025, published weekly by the Controller.
$16.7B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20256,654 Distinct payees21.7% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$5.5B Via related government units
Where the money went
$16.7B of payments in FY2025. Each lens re-splits the same total.
By department: $16.7B in FY2025.
$5.5B (32.6%) of this went through related government units — General City - Unallocated $1.7B, Retirement System $1.4B, Health Service System $1.2B, SF Communtiy College Dist $483.1M. Counted in, never netted out.
6,654 payees were paid in FY2025.
What the City buys
$7.9B of FY2025 payments bought goods and services, across 162 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.
$8.8B left the same ledger without buying anything. $6.5B in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $2.1B in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $211.0M unclassified.
Categories are the City’s own accounting codes; the split into purchases and the rest is ours.