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San Francisco Cops, Firefighters Making Nearly $500k Annually

Overtime pay was large contributor to the nearly-half-a-million-dollar annual salaries; City spent $310 million on all overtime in 2021.

  • Eleven city fire department employees made over $400,000 in 2021, according to San Francisco documents reviewed by The Center Square.
  • Toping the fire department pay list was an assistant fire chief made $458,223 in 2021, in part because of $193,883 in overtime.
  • A deputy sheriff in the police force made $296,652 in overtime in 2021 and had gross pay of $451,269
  • San Fransisco budgeted $374.4 million for fire department, $563.5 million for police department in 2021 but went over budget by $35.8 million for fire department, $9 million for police department.
  • The city spent $310 million on all overtime in 2021.
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