Who gets paid by San Francisco
Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 456,654 vouchers to 6,423 payees in FY2023, published weekly by the Controller.
$13.6B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20236,423 Distinct payees20.3% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$4.6B Via related government units
Where the money went
$13.6B of payments in FY2023. Each lens re-splits the same total.
By department: $13.6B in FY2023.
$4.6B (34.0%) of this went through related government units — General City - Unallocated $1.5B, Retirement System $1.3B, Health Service System $1.1B, SF Communtiy College Dist $246.4M. Counted in, never netted out.
6,423 payees were paid in FY2023.
What the City buys
$6.4B of FY2023 payments bought goods and services, across 166 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.
$7.2B left the same ledger without buying anything. $5.6B in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $1.4B in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $225.3M unclassified.
Categories are the City’s own accounting codes; the split into purchases and the rest is ours.