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Who gets paid by San Francisco

Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 14,510 vouchers to 1,526 payees in FY2027, published weekly by the Controller.

Fiscal year20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026•2027•
$1.2B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20271,526 Distinct payees16.0% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$916.9M Via related government units
in progressFY2027 is in progress (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027) — figures grow weekly as payments settle.

Where the money went

$1.2B of payments in FY2027. Each lens re-splits the same total.

By department: $1.2B in FY2027.

FY2027 · which department paid it
  • Retirement System60.6%$754.9M
  • General City - Unallocated8.1%$100.8M
  • Health Service System6.4%$80.1M
  • Airport Commission6.1%$75.6M
  • Dept of Early Childhood4.7%$59.0M
  • Public Utilities Commsn2.0%$25.4M
  • GSA - City Administrator1.9%$23.7M
  • Homelessness Services1.8%$21.8M
  • Public Health1.6%$20.5M
  • SF County Transprtn Auth1.2%$15.0M
  • Every other department5.5%$68.0M
$916.9M (73.7%) of this went through related government units — Retirement System $754.8M, Health Service System $80.1M, General City - Unallocated $66.8M, Commty Invest & Infrstrctr $10.5M. Counted in, never netted out.

1,526 payees were paid in FY2027.

Source: Vendor Payments (Vouchers)·Data ↗·Method →

What the City buys

$211.5M of FY2027 payments bought goods and services, across 121 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.

FY2027 · payments that bought something
  • Community Based Org Srvcs45.2%$95.7M
  • Construction Contracts9.2%$19.5M
  • Insurance Expense8.6%$18.3M
  • Bldg Struct Imprv-Direct Purch8.2%$17.4M
  • Other Professional Services5.4%$11.3M
  • Other Medical Services4.8%$10.1M
  • Pharmaceutical3.8%$8.1M
  • Power For Resale2.3%$4.9M
  • 113 other categories12.4%$26.2M
$1.0B left the same ledger without buying anything. $266.5M in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $760.0M in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $6.6M unclassified.

Categories are the City’s own accounting codes; the split into purchases and the rest is ours.

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Perimeter: ALL payments through the City's financial system — including flows to related government units (pension benefits, health service system premiums, community college district, citywide debt service). The city vs related split is exported per year in totals and related_top_departments; it is never netted silently. · Coverage: A naive top-payees ranking is dominated by banks and fiscal agents (debt service and pass-through flows), NOT by service providers — read payees through their bucket. · Source: Vendor Payments (Vouchers) ↗

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Who gets paid

Every payee of FY2027, biggest first. Type to search the full year's names, not just this ranking.

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94 payees in this view, largest first.

PayeeDepartmentPaid
KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC
#1healthcare
Health Service System$53.2M2027
CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO
#2nonprofit$43.0M in grants
Dept of Early Childhood$43.1M2027
BLUE SHIELD OF CALIF
#3healthcare
Health Service System$19.3M2027
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES INC
#4supplier
GSA - City Administrator2 departments$18.2M2027
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTH
#5public agency
SF County Transprtn Auth$15.0M2027
WU YEE CHILDREN'S SERVICES
#6nonprofit$13.7M in grants
Dept of Early Childhood2 departments$14.0M2027
AUSTIN WEBCOR JV
#7supplier
Airport Commission$11.6M2027
TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
#8public agency
Commty Invest & Infrstrctr$10.3M2027
3900 3RD STREET HOUSING LLC
#9supplier
Mayor$8.7M2027
MWH CONSTRS & WEBCOR BLDRS A CNST JV
#10supplier
Public Utilities Commsn$5.4M2027
ALLSTAR FIRE EQUIPMENT INC
#11supplier
Fire Department2 departments$4.4M2027
MCKESSON CORPORATION
#12supplier
Public Health$4.4M2027

The top 10 of this view total $198.9M — 16.0% of all FY2027 payments. 95.3% of FY2027 payment dollars carry a payee classification.
Some payees are individual people — mostly landlords paid directly under master leases. They appear here only when you search their name, are labeled “individual payee”, and are never featured in rankings or suggestions. Sources & method →

San Francisco settled $1.2B to 1,526 payees in FY2027. The ten biggest took 16.0% of it. And $916.9M — 73.7% of the total — never left government: it went to the city’s own pension, health-service and community-college entities.

SF Controller — vendor payments (vouchers), FY2027
Source: Vendor Payments (Vouchers)·Data ↗·Method →